1 · Learn4 of 6 · 5 min
Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.83
বাণীনাথ ব্রহ্মচারী—বড় মহাশয় ।
বল্লভচৈতন্যদাস—কৃষ্ণপ্রেমময় ॥ ৮৩ ৷৷
vāṇīnātha brahmacārī — baḍa mahāśaya
vallabha-caitanya-dāsa — kṛṣṇa-premamaya
The thirteenth branch was Vāṇīnātha Brahmacārī, and the fourteenth was Vallabha-caitanya dāsa. Both of these great personalities were always filled with love of Kṛṣṇa.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Vāṇīnātha Brahmacārī was the thirteenth branch, and Vallabha-caitanya dāsa was the fourteenth.
Both of these great personalities were always filled with love of Kṛṣṇa.
Nalinī-mohana Gosvāmī was a disciple of Vallabha-caitanya. He established a temple of Madana-gopāla in Navadvīpa.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
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
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”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of krsna”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does being always filled with love of Kṛṣṇa mean to you?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on love of Kṛṣṇa as the quality highlighted in these two devotees.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
Ask Caitanya CaritamrtaHave a question about CC Ādi 12.83? Get an answer from the verses themselves.