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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 11.24
কমলাকর পিপ্পলাই–অলৌকিক রীত ।
অলৌকিক প্রেম তাঁর ভুবনে বিদিত ॥ ২৪ ॥
kamalākara pippalāi — alaukika rīta
alaukika prema tāṅra bhuvane vidita
Kamalākara Pippalāi is said to have been the third gopāla. His behavior and love of Godhead were uncommon, and thus he is celebrated all over the world.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kamalākara Pippalāi is described as the third gopāla. His former name was Mahābala.
His behavior and love of Godhead were uncommon, making him celebrated throughout the world.
He installed the Jagannātha Deity at Māheśa in Śrī Rāmapura. The purport also records a gift of land to support the Deity’s worship when finances were scarce.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Affectionate inclusiveness. Nityānanda’s branches show devotion multiplying through relationships.
The mood of Ādi 11 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:
As the branches and subbranches of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu were described in the tenth chapter, in this eleventh chapter the branches and subbranches of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu are similarly listed.Back to this verse in Ādi 11
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of godhead”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about Kamalākara Pippalāi’s love and service?
Note one concrete example from the purport of support for Jagannātha’s worship.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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