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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 11.47Ādi 11.49

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 11.48

নকড়ি, মুকুন্দ, সূর্য, মাধব, শ্রীধর ।

রামানন্দ বসু, জগন্নাথ, মহীধর ॥ ৪৮ ॥

nakaḍi, mukunda, sūrya, mādhava, śrīdhara

rāmānanda vasu, jagannātha, mahīdhara

Translation

Among Lord Nityānanda’s devotees, Nakaḍi was the thirty-seventh, Mukunda the thirty-eighth, Sūrya the thirty-ninth, Mādhava the fortieth, Śrīdhara the forty-first, Rāmānanda the forty-second, Jagannātha the forty-third and Mahīdhara the forty-fourth.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Remembering Lord Nityānanda’s Devotees

  1. 1

    Among Lord Nityānanda’s devotees, Nakaḍi was the thirty-seventh, Mukunda the thirty-eighth, Sūrya the thirty-ninth and Mādhava the fortieth.

  2. 2

    Śrīdhara was the forty-first, Rāmānanda the forty-second, Jagannātha the forty-third and Mahīdhara the forty-fourth.

  3. 3

    The purport identifies Śrīdhara as the twelfth gopāla.

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. nakaḍiNakaḍi
  2. mukundaMukunda
  3. sūryaSūrya
  4. mādhavaMādhava
  5. śrīdharaŚrīdhara
  6. rāmānanda vasuRāmānanda Vasu
  7. jagannāthaJagannātha
  8. mahīdharaMahīdhara
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which of these devotees’ names can you recall after reading the verse?

Practice

Read the eight names aloud once, then recall the purport’s detail about Śrīdhara.

Live this todayRemembering Lord Nityānanda’s DevoteesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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