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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 13.105Ādi 13.107

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.106

অন্তরীক্ষে দেবগণ, গন্ধর্ব, সিদ্ধ, চারণ,

স্তুতি–নৃত্য করে বাদ্য–গীত ।

নর্তক, বাদক, ভাট, নবদ্বীপে যার নাট,

সবে আসি’ নাচে পাঞা প্রীত ॥ ১০৬ ॥

antarīkṣe deva-gaṇa, gandharva, siddha, cāraṇa,

stuti-nṛtya kare vādya-gīta

nartaka, vādaka, bhāṭa, navadvīpe yāra nāṭa,

sabe āsi’ nāce pāñā prīta

Translation

In outer space all the demigods, including the inhabitants of Gandharvaloka, Siddhaloka and Cāraṇaloka, offered their prayers and danced to the accompaniment of music, songs and the beating of drums. Similarly, in Navadvīpa city all the professional dancers, musicians and blessers gathered together, dancing in great jubilation.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Celebration Through Music, Dance, and Blessings

  1. 1

    The demigods offered prayers and danced with music, songs and drums. In Navadvīpa, professional dancers, musicians and blessers also gathered in great jubilation.

  2. 2

    Professional singers, dancers and blessers assemble at household ceremonies, especially marriages and births. They earn their livelihood through charity received on these occasions.

  3. 3

    The bhāṭas are a class of brāhmaṇas who offer blessings at such ceremonies by composing poems with references to the Vedic scriptures.

Key points from the purport
  • As there are professional singers, dancers and reciters of prayers in the heavenly planets, so in India still there are professional dancers, blessers and singers, all of whom assemble together during householder ceremonies, especially marriages and birth ceremonies.
  • Eunuchs also take advantage of such ceremonies to receive charity.
  • The bhāṭas are a class of brāhmaṇas who go to such ceremonies to offer blessings by composing poems with references to the Vedic scriptures.

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

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:

Nīlāmbara Cakravartī, who was a great astrologer, immediately prepared a horoscope, and by astrological calculation he saw that the child was a great personality. This chapter describes the symptoms of this great personality.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 13
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. antarīkṣein outer space
  2. deva-gaṇathe demigods
  3. gandharvathe inhabitants of Gandharvaloka
  4. siddhathe inhabitants of Siddhaloka
  5. cāraṇathe professional singers of the heavenly planets
  6. stutiprayers
  7. nṛtyadancing
  8. karedo
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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: “gathered”, “together”

  • 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: “blessers”

  • 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”

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 do music, dancing and blessings each contribute to the joyful celebration described here?

Practice

Read aloud one sentence of the prayers-and-music celebration, giving attention to its joyful mood.

Live this todayCelebration Through Music, Dance, and BlessingsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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