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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 12.2

জয় জয় মহাপ্রভু শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য ।

জয় জয় নিত্যানন্দ জয়াদ্বৈত ধন্য ॥ ২॥

jaya jaya mahāprabhu śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya

jaya jaya nityānanda jayādvaita dhanya

Translation

All glories to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu! All glories to Lord Nityānanda! All glories to Śrī Advaita Prabhu! All of Them are glorious.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

All Glories to the Three Lords

  1. 1

    The verse offers all glories to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    It also offers all glories to Lord Nityānanda.

  3. 3

    Śrī Advaita Prabhu is praised alongside Them; all of Them are glorious.

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:

The twelfth chapter describes the followers of Advaita Prabhu, among whom the followers of Acyutānanda, the son of Advaita Ācārya, are understood to be the pure followers who received the cream of the philosophy Śrī Advaita Ācārya enunciated. Other so-called descendants and followers of Advaita Ācārya are not to be recognized.
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. jaya jayaall glories
  2. mahāprabhuMahāprabhu
  3. śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanyaŚrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya
  4. jaya jayaall glories
  5. nityānandato Lord Nityānanda Prabhu
  6. jaya advaitaall glories to Advaita Prabhu
  7. dhanyawho are all very glorious
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I give thoughtful attention to each Lord while offering this praise?

Practice

Slowly recite the three offerings of glory in the translation.

Live this todayAll Glories to the Three LordsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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