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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 13: The Advent of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Ādi 13.103 Ādi 13.105

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.104

ব্রাহ্মণ–সজ্জন–নারী, নানা–দ্রব্যে থালী ভরি’

আইলা সবে যৌতুক লইয়া ।

যেন কাঁচা–সোণা–দ্যুতি, দেখি’ বালকের মূর্তি,

আশীর্বাদ করে সুখ পাঞা ॥ ১০৪ ॥

brāhmaṇa-sajjana-nārī, nānā-dravye thālī bhari’

āilā sabe yautuka la-iyā

yena kāṅcā-soṇā-dyuti, dekhi’ bālakera mūrti,

āśīrvāda kare sukha pāñā

Translation

All sorts of respectable brāhmaṇa gentlemen and ladies, carrying plates filled with various gifts, came with their presentations. Seeing the newborn child, whose form resembled natural glaring gold, all of them happily offered their blessings.

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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.

Gifts and Blessings for the Golden Child

1
Respectable brāhmaṇa gentlemen and ladies came carrying plates filled with various gifts.
2
They saw the newborn child, whose form resembled natural glaring gold.
3
All of them happily offered their blessings to the child.

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

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.

brāhmaṇathe respectable brāhmaṇas
sat-janagentlemen
nārīladies
nānāvarieties
dravyewith gifts
thālīplates
bhari’filled up
āilācame

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “blessings”
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: “offered”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you in the visitors’ happy welcome of the newborn child?

Practice

Reread the description of the golden child and the visitors’ blessings, pausing to picture their happiness.

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