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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 11.5
শ্রীনিত্যানন্দ–বৃক্ষের স্কন্ধ গুরুতর ।
তাহাতে জন্মিল শাখা–প্রশাখা বিস্তর ॥ ৫॥
śrī-nityānanda-vṛkṣera skandha gurutara
tāhāte janmila śākhā-praśākhā vistara
Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu is an extremely heavy branch of the Śrī Caitanya tree. From that branch grow many branches and subbranches.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu is a branch of the Śrī Caitanya tree.
He is described as an extremely heavy branch.
Many branches and subbranches grow from Him.
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
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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”
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What do I notice about Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu’s place in the Śrī Caitanya tree?
Sketch a tree with a large branch labeled Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu and many smaller branches growing from it.
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