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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 12.24

নানা মন্ত্র পড়েন আচার্য, না হয় চেতন ।

আচার্যের দুঃখে বৈষ্ণব করেন ক্রন্দন ॥ ২৪ ॥

nānā mantra paḍena ācārya, nā haya cetana

ācāryera duḥkhe vaiṣṇava karena krandana

Translation

Advaita Ācārya chanted various mantras, but Gopāla did not come to consciousness. Thus all the Vaiṣṇavas present cried in sorrow at His plight.

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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.

The Vaiṣṇavas Share in Sorrow

  1. 1

    Advaita Ācārya chanted various mantras.

  2. 2

    Gopāla did not come to consciousness.

  3. 3

    All the Vaiṣṇavas present cried in sorrow at His plight.

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:

This chapter also includes narrations concerning the son of Advaita Ācārya named Gopāla Miśra and Advaita Ācārya’s servant named Kamalākānta Viśvāsa. 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.
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. nānāvarious
  2. mantrahymns
  3. paḍenachants
  4. ācāryaAdvaita Ācārya
  5. nānot
  6. hayabecame
  7. cetanaconscious
  8. ācāryeraof Advaita Ācārya
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “chanted”

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 the Vaiṣṇavas’ shared sorrow reveal about their concern?

Practice

Offer a few minutes of attentive listening to someone who is sorrowful today.

Live this todayThe Vaiṣṇavas Share in SorrowThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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