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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 11.8
শ্ৰীবীরভদ্র গোসাঞি—স্কন্ধ–মহাশাখা ।
তাঁর উপশাখা যত, অসংখ্য তার লেখা ॥ ৮ ॥
śrī-vīrabhadra gosāñi — skandha-mahāśākhā
tāṅra upaśākhā yata, asaṅkhya tāra lekhā
After Nityānanda Prabhu, the greatest branch is Vīrabhadra Gosāñi, who also has innumerable branches and subbranches. It is not possible to describe them all.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
After Nityānanda Prabhu, Vīrabhadra Gosāñi is the greatest branch, with innumerable branches and subbranches. He was the direct son of Śrīla Nityānanda Prabhu and Vasudhā, and a disciple of Jāhnavā-devī.
Vīrabhadra Gosāñi is an incarnation of Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. He is therefore nondifferent from Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Gopījana-vallabha, Rāmakṛṣṇa and Rāmacandra were disciples celebrated as his sons. Their different dynasties, surnames and places of residence show that they cannot be accepted as his actual sons.
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.
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”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “gopījana-vallabha”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the purport clarify both Vīrabhadra Gosāñi’s divine identity and his family relationships?
Write one short note distinguishing Vīrabhadra Gosāñi’s parents, his spiritual teacher and the three disciples celebrated as his sons.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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