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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 13.123Ādi 14.1

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.124

শ্রীচৈতন্য–নিত্যানন্দ, আচার্য অদ্বৈতচন্দ্র,

স্বরূপ–রূপ–রঘুনাথদাস ।

ইহা–সবার শ্রীচরণ, শিরে বন্দি নিজধন,

জন্মলীলা গাইল কৃষ্ণদাস ॥ ১২৪ ॥

śrī-caitanya-nityānanda, ācārya advaitacandra,

svarūpa-rūpa-raghunāthadāsa

iṅhā-sabāra śrī-caraṇa, śire vandi nija-dhana,

janma-līlā gāila kṛṣṇadāsa

Translation

Taking on my head as my own property the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Nityānanda Prabhu, Ācārya Advaitacandra, Svarūpa Dāmodara, Rūpa Gosvāmī and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, I, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, have thus described the advent of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotional Shelter Is Our True Wealth

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī accepts the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His associates as his own property. Those who follow in his footsteps accept this same shelter.

  2. 2

    Material wealth and opulence are not true possessions but entanglements. Through material enjoyment, a conditioned soul incurs debts yet considers the property his own.

  3. 3

    A devotee sees material property as an entanglement rather than real wealth. Lord Kṛṣṇa states that, to show special favor to a devotee, He takes away the devotee’s material property.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Nityānanda, Advaita Prabhu, Svarūpa Dāmodara, Rūpa Gosvāmī, Raghunātha dāsa and their followers are all accepted by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī.
  • Anyone who follows in the footsteps of Kavirāja Gosvāmī also accepts the lotus feet of the above-mentioned lords as his personal property.
  • But a devotee considers such property not real property but simply an entanglement in the material world.

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 13.124 quotesSB 10.88.8

If Lord Kṛṣṇa is very pleased with a devotee, He takes away his material property, as He states in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.88.8): yasyāham anugṛhṇāmi hariṣye tad-dhanaṁ śanaiḥ. “ To show special favor to a devotee, I take away all his material property.”

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:

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. śrī-caitanya-nityānandaLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu
  2. ācārya advaitacandraĀcārya Śrī Advaitacandra
  3. svarūpa-rūpa-raghunāthadāsaSvarūpa Dāmodara, Rūpa Gosvāmī and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī
  4. iṅhā-sabāraof all of them
  5. śrī-caraṇathe lotus feet
  6. śireon the head
  7. vandioffering respect
  8. nija-dhanapersonal property
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lotus feet”, “shelter”

  • 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: “favor”

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “associates”

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 do I treasure more: material possessions or the shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His associates?

Practice

Before making one nonessential purchase today, pause and consider whether it offers real wealth or further entanglement.

Live this todayDevotional Shelter Is Our True WealthThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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