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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 11.50Ādi 11.52

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 11.51

কংসারি সেন, রামসেন, রামচন্দ্ৰ কবিরাজ ।

গোবিন্দ, শ্রীরঙ্গ, মুকুন্দ, তিন কবিরাজ ॥ ৫১ ॥

kaṁsāri sena, rāmasena, rāmacandra kavirāja

govinda, śrīraṅga, mukunda, tina kavirāja

Translation

The fifty-eighth great devotee of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu was Kaṁsāri Sena, the fifty-ninth was Rāmasena, the sixtieth was Rāmacandra Kavirāja, and the sixty-first, sixty-second and sixty-third were Govinda, Śrīraṅga and Mukunda, who were all physicians.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotion, Association and Help in Preaching

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    Śrī Rāmacandra Kavirāja was a disciple of Śrīnivāsa Ācārya and the most intimate friend of Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura prayed several times for his association.

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    Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī greatly appreciated Rāmacandra Kavirāja’s devotion to Lord Kṛṣṇa and therefore gave him the title Kavirāja.

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    Rāmacandra Kavirāja was perpetually disinterested in family life. He greatly assisted the preaching work of Śrīnivāsa Ācārya and Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrī Rāmacandra Kavirāja, the son of Khaṇḍavāsī Cirañjīva and Sunanda, was a disciple of Śrīnivāsa Ācārya and the most intimate friend of Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura, who prayed several times for his association.
  • Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī very much appreciated Śrī Rāmacandra Kavirāja’s great devotion to Lord Kṛṣṇa and therefore gave him the title Kavirāja.
  • Śrī Rāmacandra Kavirāja, who was perpetually disinterested in family life, greatly assisted in the preaching work of Śrīnivāsa Ācārya and Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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. kaṁsāri senaKaṁsāri Sena
  2. rāmasenaRāmasena
  3. rāmacandra kavirājaRāmacandra Kavirāja
  4. govindaGovinda
  5. śrīraṅgaŚrīraṅga
  6. mukundaMukunda
  7. tina kavirājaall three are Kavirājas, or physicians
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “association”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura’s prayer suggest to you about the value of devotional association?

Practice

Offer a brief prayer today for the association of a devotee deeply devoted to Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayDevotion, Association and Help in PreachingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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