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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.87
অমোঘ পণ্ডিত, হস্তিগোপাল, চৈতন্যবল্লভ ।
যদু গাঙ্গুলি আর মঙ্গল বৈষ্ণব ॥ ৮৭ ॥
amogha paṇḍita, hasti-gopāla, caitanya-vallabha
yadu gāṅguli āra maṅgala vaiṣṇava
The twenty-eighth branch was Amogha Paṇḍita; the twenty-ninth, Hastigopāla; the thirtieth, Caitanya-vallabha; the thirty-first, Yadu Gāṅguli; and the thirty-second, Maṅgala Vaiṣṇava.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Maṅgala Vaiṣṇava lived in Ṭiṭakaṇā in the district of Murshidabad. His forefathers were śāktas who worshiped the goddess Kirīṭeśvarī.
His celebrated disciples included Prāṇanātha Adhikārī, Puruṣottama Cakravartī, and Nṛsiṁha-prasāda Mitra. Their families included well-known mṛdaṅga players and professional reciters of songs from Caitanya-maṅgala.
It is said that Maṅgala Ṭhākura found a Deity of Rādhāvallabha while digging a lake during road construction from Bengal to Jagannātha Purī. The purport states that his personally worshiped śālagrāma-śilā still exists in Kāṅdaḍā.
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:
Kamalākānta Viśvāsa was then purified by the request of Śrī Advaita Ācārya. After describing the descendants of Advaita Ācārya, the chapter concludes by describing the followers of Gadādhara Paṇḍita Gosvāmī.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”
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhāvallabha”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which connection with worship, music, or recitation in this account interests you most?
Make a short note of the worship, mṛdaṅga playing, and song recitation mentioned in this purport.
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