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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 12: The Expansions of Advaita Ācārya and Gadādhara Paṇḍita

Ādi 12.90 Ādi 12.92

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.91

এই তিন স্কন্ধের কৈলুঁ শাখার গণন ।

যাঁ–সবা–স্মরণে ভববন্ধ–বিমোচন ॥ ৯১ ॥

ei tina skandhera kailuṅ śākhāra gaṇana

yāṅ-sabā-smaraṇe bhava-bandha-vimocana

Translation

Simply by remembering the names of all these branches and subbranches of the three trunks I have described [Nityānanda, Advaita and Gadādhara], one attains freedom from the entanglement of material existence.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Remembering Devotees Frees One From Material Entanglement

1
The branches and subbranches described belong to the three trunks: Nityānanda, Advaita and Gadādhara.
2
The verse asks us to recognize the power of simply remembering the names of these devotees.
3
By such remembrance, one attains freedom from the entanglement of material existence.

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

Ādi 12: The Expansions of Advaita Ācārya and Gadādhara Paṇḍita

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.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

ei tinaof all these three
skandheratrunks
kailuṅdescribed
śākhāra gaṇanaenumeration of the branches
yāṅ-sabāall of them
smaraṇeby remembering
bhava-bandhafrom entanglement in the material world
vimocanafreedom

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: “branches”
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: “names of”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might this promise encourage you to remember the devotees you have read about?

Practice

Spend a minute recalling the names of devotees from the branches and subbranches you have studied.

Live this todayRemembering Devotees Frees One From Material EntanglementThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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