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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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 13.118Ādi 13.120

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.119

ঐছে শচী–জগন্নাথ, পুত্র পাঞা লক্ষ্মীনাথ,

পূর্ণ হইল সকল বাঞ্ছিত ।

ধন–ধান্যে ভরে ঘর, লোকমান্য কলেবর,

দিনে দিনে হয় আনন্দিত ॥ ১১৯ ॥

aiche śacī-jagannātha, putra pāñā lakṣmīnātha,

pūrṇa ha-ila sakala vāñchita

dhana-dhānye bhare ghara, lokamānya kalevara,

dine dine haya ānandita

Translation

In this way mother Śacīdevī and Jagannātha Miśra, having obtained a son who was the husband of the goddess of fortune, had all their desires fulfilled. Their house was always filled with riches and grains. As they saw the beloved body of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, day after day their pleasure increased.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Supreme Lord Brings His Parents Joy

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Everyone therefore offered respects to Him.

  2. 2

    Even the denizens of heaven came dressed as ordinary men to offer their respects to the Lord.

  3. 3

    Śacīdevī and Jagannātha Miśra had their desires fulfilled by obtaining this son, the husband of the goddess of fortune. Seeing His beloved body and the honor offered to Him increased their pleasure.

Key points from the purport
  • Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
  • Even the denizens of heaven used to come in the dress of ordinary men to offer their respect to the Lord.
  • His father and mother, Jagannātha Miśra and Śacīdevī, seeing the honor of their transcendental son, also became very pleased within their hearts.

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:

Then, in 1407 Śaka Era (A.D. 1486), in the full-moon evening of the month of Phālguna, with the constellation of Siṁha (Leo) on the horizon, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared as the son of Śrī Śacīdevī and Jagannātha Miśra. After hearing of the birth of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, learned scholars and brāhmaṇas, bringing many gifts, came to see the newborn baby.
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. aichein that way
  2. śacī-jagannāthamother Śacīdevī and Jagannātha Miśra
  3. putrason
  4. pāñāhaving obtained
  5. lakṣmī-nāthapersonally the husband of the goddess of fortune
  6. pūrṇafulfilled
  7. ha-ilabecame
  8. sakalaall
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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

What does this account show you about the joy of honoring the Lord?

Practice

Read the translation slowly, noticing how the parents’ pleasure increased day after day.

Live this todayThe Supreme Lord Brings His Parents JoyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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