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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.18

কৃষ্ণমিশ্র–নাম আর আচার্য–তনয় ।

চৈতন্য–গোসাঞি বৈসে যাঁহার হৃদয় ॥ ১৮ ॥

kṛṣṇa-miśra-nāma āra ācārya-tanaya

caitanya-gosāñi baise yāṅhāra hṛdaya

Translation

Kṛṣṇa Miśra was a son of Advaita Ācārya. Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu always sat in his heart.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Faithful Service with the Lord in One’s Heart

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa Miśra was a son of Advaita Ācārya. Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu always sat in his heart.

  2. 2

    Acyutānanda, Kṛṣṇa Miśra and Gopāla dāsa lived faithfully in the service of Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa Miśra had two sons, Raghunātha Cakravartī and Dola-govinda. The purport traces their descendants through several generations.

Key points from the purport
  • Of the six sons of Advaita Ācārya, three, Acyutānanda, Kṛṣṇa Miśra and Gopāla dāsa, lived faithfully in the service of Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
  • The second son of Advaita Ācārya, Kṛṣṇa Miśra, had two sons, Raghunātha Cakravartī and Dola-govinda.
  • One may refer to the Vaiṣṇava-mañjuṣā for the complete genealogical table of Advaita Prabhu in the line of Kṛṣṇa Miśra.

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

Loyalty and discernment. The narrative distinguishes fidelity to the ācārya from deviation.

The mood of Ādi 12 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 12: The Expansions of Advaita Ācārya and Gadādhara Paṇḍita

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

In his early life Gopāla fainted during the cleansing of the Guṇḍicā-mandira at Jagannātha Purī and thus became a recipient of the mercy of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The story of Kamalākānta Viśvāsa concerns his borrowing three hundred rupees from Pratāparudra Mahārāja to clear a debt of Advaita Ācārya’s, for which Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu chastised him when He came to know of it.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 12
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kṛṣṇa-miśraKṛṣṇa Miśra
  2. nāmaof the name
  3. āraand
  4. ācārya-tanayathe son of Advaita Ācārya
  5. caitanya-gosāñiLord Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. baisesits
  7. yāṅhārain whose
  8. hṛdayaheart
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “service”

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

How might remembering Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu help you serve Him faithfully?

Practice

Set aside one quiet minute today to remember Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Live this todayFaithful Service with the Lord in One’s HeartThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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