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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 13.110Ādi 13.112

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.111

অদ্বৈত–আচার্য–ভার্যা, জগৎপূজিতা আর্যা,

নাম তাঁর ‘সীতা ঠাকুরাণী’।

আচার্যের আজ্ঞা পাঞা, গেল উপহার লঞা,

দেখিতে বালক–শিরোমণি । ১১১ ॥

advaita-ācārya-bhāryā, jagat-pūjitā āryā,

nāma tāṅra ’sītā ṭhākurāṇī’

ācāryera ājñā pāñā, gela upahāra lañā,

dekhite bālaka-śiromaṇi

Translation

One day shortly after Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu was born, Advaita Ācārya’s wife, Sītādevī, who is worshipable by the whole world, took her husband’s permission and went to see that topmost child with all kinds of gifts and presentations

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Sītādevī Visits with Gifts

  1. 1

    Sītādevī, Advaita Ācārya’s wife, is described as worshipable by the whole world. She took her husband’s permission to visit the newborn Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    Advaita Ācārya had houses in Śāntipura and Navadvīpa, but was residing in Śāntipura when the Lord was born.

  3. 3

    Sītā came from Advaita Ācārya’s old paternal house in Śāntipura to Navadvīpa, bringing gifts for the newborn child.

Key points from the purport
  • It appears that Advaita Ācārya had two different houses, one at Śāntipura and one at Navadvīpa.
  • When Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu was born, Advaita Ācārya was residing not at His Navadvīpa house but at His Śāntipura house.
  • Therefore, as formerly explained (text 99), from Advaita’s old paternal house (nijālaya) in Śāntipura, Sītā came to Navadvīpa to present gifts to the newborn child, Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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:

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.
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. advaita-ācārya-bhāryāthe wife of Advaita Ācārya
  2. jagat-pūjitāworshiped by the whole world
  3. āryāthe most advanced cultured lady
  4. nāmaname
  5. tāṅraher
  6. sītā ṭhākurāṇīmother Sītā
  7. ācāryera ājñā pāñātaking the order of Advaita Ācārya
  8. gelawent
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you notice about the care Sītādevī took in preparing for her visit?

Practice

Read the verse again and note where Sītādevī traveled from, where she went and what she brought.

Live this todaySītādevī Visits with GiftsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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