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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 13.13Ādi 13.15

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.14

গার্হস্থ্যে প্রভুর লীলা—‘আদি’–লীলাখ্যান ।

‘মধ্য’–‘অন্ত্য’–লীলা—শেষলীলার দুই নাম ॥ ১৪ ॥

gārhasthye prabhura līlā — ‘ādi’-līlākhyāna

‘madhya’- ‘antya’-līlā — śeṣa-līlāra dui nāma

Translation

The pastimes of His household life are known as the ādi-līlā, or the original pastimes. His later pastimes are known as the madhya-līlā and antya-līlā, or the middle and final pastimes.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Original, Middle, and Final Pastimes

  1. 1

    The pastimes of His household life are known as the ādi-līlā, or original pastimes.

  2. 2

    His later pastimes include the madhya-līlā, or middle pastimes.

  3. 3

    His later pastimes also include the antya-līlā, or final pastimes.

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:

The entire Ādi-līlā describes Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s household life, and similarly the Antya-līlā describes His life in the sannyāsa order. Within the Lord’s antya-līlā, the first six years of His sannyāsa life are called the madhya-līlā.
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. gārhasthyein household life
  2. prabhuraof the Lord
  3. līlāpastimes
  4. ādithe original
  5. līlāpastimes
  6. ākhyānahas the name of
  7. madhyamiddle
  8. antyalast
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How do these three names help you follow the sequence of His pastimes?

Practice

Write ādi-līlā, madhya-līlā, and antya-līlā in order, with their meanings beside them.

Live this todayThe Original, Middle, and Final PastimesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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