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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.2

জয় জয় শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য গৌরচন্দ্র ।

জয়াদ্বৈতচন্দ্র জয় জয় নিত্যানন্দ ॥ ২ ॥

jaya jaya śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya gauracandra

jayādvaitacandra jaya jaya nityānanda

Translation

All glories to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu! All glories to Advaitacandra! All glories to Lord Nityānanda Prabhu!

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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.

Offer Glory to the Lords

  1. 1

    The verse offers all glories to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    It offers all glories to Advaitacandra.

  3. 3

    It also offers all glories to Lord Nityānanda Prabhu.

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 thirteenth chapter describes Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s appearance. The entire Ādi-līlā describes Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s household life, and similarly the Antya-līlā describes His life in the sannyāsa order.
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. jaya jayaall glories
  2. śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanyaLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. gaura-candraLord Gauracandra
  4. jaya advaita-candraall glories to Advaita Ācārya
  5. jaya jayaall glories to
  6. nityānandaLord Nityānanda Prabhu
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How attentively do I offer these words of praise?

Practice

Read the three declarations of glory aloud once, giving attention to each name.

Live this todayOffer Glory to the LordsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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