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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 12.66

মালি–দত্ত জল অদ্বৈত–স্কন্ধ যোগায় ।

সেই জলে জীয়ে শাখা,—ফুল–ফল পায় ॥ ৬৬ ॥

māli-datta jala advaita-skandha yogāya

sei jale jīye śākhā, — phula-phala pāya

Translation

The Advaita Ācārya branch received the water supplied by the original gardener, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. In this way, the subbranches were nourished, and their fruits and flowers grew luxuriantly.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Following Caitanya Mahāprabhu Nourishes Devotional Growth

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the original gardener, supplied water to Advaita Ācārya’s branch. This nourished the subbranches, whose fruits and flowers grew luxuriantly.

  2. 2

    The branches nourished by this water are considered bona fide ācāryas. Advaita Ācārya’s representatives later divided into bona fide branches of the disciplic succession and pretentious branches.

  3. 3

    Those who followed the principles of Caitanya Mahāprabhu flourished. Those who did not follow them dried up.

Key points from the purport
  • The branches of Advaita Ācārya nourished by the water (jala) supplied by Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu are to be considered bona fide ācāryas.
  • As we have discussed hereinbefore, the representatives of Advaita Ācārya later divided into two groups — the bona fide branches of the ācārya’s disciplic succession and the pretentious branches of Advaita Ācārya.
  • Those who followed the principles of Caitanya Mahāprabhu flourished, whereas the others, who are mentioned below in the sixty-seventh verse, dried up.

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:

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. Kamalākānta Viśvāsa was then purified by the request of Śrī Advaita Ācārya.
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. māli-dattagiven by the gardener
  2. jalawater
  3. advaita-skandhathe branch known as Advaita Ācārya
  4. yogāyasupplies
  5. seiby that
  6. jalewater
  7. jīyelives
  8. śākhābranches
  9. phula-phalafruits and flowers
  10. pāyagrow
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Key ideas in this 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”

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

Am I giving more importance to following Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s principles than to an outward claim of belonging?

Practice

Recall one principle of Caitanya Mahāprabhu you have studied and take one small step to follow it today.

Live this todayFollowing Caitanya Mahāprabhu Nourishes Devotional GrowthThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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