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  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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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 13: The Advent of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Ādi 13.99Ādi 13.101

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.100

দেখি’ উপরাগ হাসি’, শীঘ্র গঙ্গাঘাটে আসি’,

আনন্দে করিল গঙ্গাস্নান ।

পাঞা উপরাগ–ছলে, আপনার মনোবলে,

ব্রাহ্মণেরে দিল নানা দান ॥ ১০০ ॥

dekhi’ uparāga hāsi’, śīghra gaṅgā-ghāṭe āsi’

ānande karila gaṅgā-snāna

pāñā uparāga-chale, āpanāra mano-bale,

brāhmaṇere dila nānā dāna

Translation

Seeing the lunar eclipse and laughing, Advaita Ācārya and Haridāsa Ṭhākura immediately went to the bank of the Ganges and bathed in the river in great jubilation. Taking advantage of the occasion of the lunar eclipse, Advaita Ācārya, by His mental strength, distributed various types of charity to the brāhmaṇas.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Celebrating the Lord’s Birth with Charity

  1. 1

    Giving charity during an eclipse is a Hindu custom. Advaita Ācārya used the occasion to distribute many varieties of charity to the brāhmaṇas by His mental strength.

  2. 2

    His actual reason for giving charity was Lord Caitanya’s birth, not the lunar eclipse. People could not understand this reason for His great generosity.

  3. 3

    Advaita Ācārya distributed charity just as Vasudeva had done at Lord Kṛṣṇa’s appearance. Vasudeva had given ten thousand cows to the brāhmaṇas.

Key points from the purport
  • It is the custom of Hindus to give in charity to the poor as much as possible during the time of a lunar or solar eclipse.
  • Advaita Ācārya, therefore, taking advantage of this eclipse, distributed many varieties of charity to the brāhmaṇas.
  • Advaita Ācārya was actually interested in distributing charity because of Lord Caitanya’s birth at the time of the lunar eclipse.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Ādi 13.100 quotesSB 10.3.11

In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.3.11) there is a statement that when Kṛṣṇa took His birth, Vasudeva immediately took advantage of this moment and distributed ten thousand cows to the brāhmaṇas.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Jubilation and hope. The Lord appears in Navadvīpa; the theological promise becomes a lived story.

The mood of Ādi 13 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 13: The Advent of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

After hearing of the birth of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, learned scholars and brāhmaṇas, bringing many gifts, came to see the newborn baby. Nīlāmbara Cakravartī, who was a great astrologer, immediately prepared a horoscope, and by astrological calculation he saw that the child was a great personality.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. dekhi’seeing
  2. uparāgathe eclipse
  3. hāsi’laughing
  4. śīghravery soon
  5. gaṅga-ghāṭeon the bank of the Ganges
  6. āsi’coming
  7. ānandein jubilation
  8. karilatook
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Key ideas in this 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: “distributed”, “distribute”

  • 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: “haridāsa”

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

How might remembering the Lord turn your happiness into generosity?

Practice

Give a small donation to someone in need today while remembering Lord Caitanya’s birth.

Live this todayCelebrating the Lord’s Birth with CharityThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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