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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 11: The Expansions of Lord Nityānanda
Ādi 11.3Ādi 11.5

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 11.4

তস্য শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য–সৎপ্রেমামরশাখিনঃ ।

উর্ধ্বস্কন্ধাবধূতেন্দোঃ শাখারূপান্ গণান্নুমঃ ॥ ৪ ॥

tasya śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-

sat-premāmara-śākhinaḥ

ūrdhva-skandhāvadhūtendoḥ

śākhā-rūpān gaṇān numaḥ

Translation

Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu is the topmost branch of the indestructible tree of eternal love of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. I offer my respectful obeisances to all the subbranches of that topmost branch.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Honor Nityānanda Prabhu and His subbranches

  1. 1

    Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu is described as the indestructible tree of eternal love of Godhead.

  2. 2

    Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu is the topmost branch of that tree.

  3. 3

    The author offers respectful obeisances to all the subbranches of that topmost branch.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Ādi 11: The Expansions of Lord Nityānanda

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tasyaHis
  2. śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanyaLord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. sat-premaof eternal love of Godhead
  4. amaraindestructible
  5. śākhinaḥof the tree
  6. ūrdhvavery high
  7. skandhabranch
  8. avadhūta-indoḥof Śrī Nityānanda
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts

    Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “branch”

  • 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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this image help me appreciate Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu and His subbranches?

Practice

Offer respectful obeisances to all the subbranches of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu.

Live this todayHonor Nityānanda Prabhu and His subbranchesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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