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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.84
শ্রীনাথ চক্রবর্তী, আর উদ্ধব দাস ।
জিতামিত্র, কাষ্ঠকাটা–জগন্নাথদাস ॥ ৮৪ ॥
śrīnātha cakravartī, āra uddhava dāsa
jitāmitra, kāṣṭhakāṭā-jagannātha-dāsa
The fifteenth branch was Śrīnātha Cakravartī; the sixteenth, Uddhava; the seventeenth, Jitāmitra; and the eighteenth, Jagannātha dāsa.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrīnātha Cakravartī is described as a reservoir of all good qualities and an expert in the service of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Uddhava dāsa was greatly qualified in distributing love of Godhead to everyone.
The Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā identifies Jitāmitra as the gopī Śyāma-mañjarī. He wrote a book entitled Kṛṣṇa-māyurya.
Jagannātha dāsa established a temple of Yaśomādhava. The Śākhā-nirṇaya states that he preached the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement in Tripura.
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:
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
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “distributing”, “to everyone”
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”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which quality described here would you like to develop in your service to Kṛṣṇa?
Choose one small act of service to Lord Kṛṣṇa and carry it out carefully today.
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