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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 13.21Ādi 13.23

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.22

জন্ম–বাল্য–পৌগণ্ড–কৈশোর–যুবাকালে ।

হরিনাম লওয়াইলা প্রভু নানা ছলে ॥ ২২ ॥

janma-bālya-paugaṇḍa-kaiśora-yuvā-kāle

hari-nāma laoyāilā prabhu nānā chale

Translation

At His birth, in His childhood and in His early and later boyhood, as well as in His youth, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, under different pleas, induced people to chant the holy name of Hari [the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra].

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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.

Inducing Chanting Throughout His Early Pastimes

  1. 1

    Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu induced people to chant at His birth and in His childhood.

  2. 2

    He continued doing so in His early boyhood, later boyhood and youth.

  3. 3

    Under different pleas, He induced people to chant the holy name of Hari, the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.

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. janmatime of birth
  2. bālyachildhood
  3. paugaṇḍaearly boyhood
  4. kaiśoraend of boyhood
  5. yuvā-kāleyouth
  6. hari-nāmathe holy name of the Lord
  7. laoyāilācaused to take
  8. prabhuthe Lord
  9. nānāvarious
  10. chaleunder different pleas
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “chant”, “holy name”, “hari”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can you make room for chanting the holy name in your day?

Practice

Set aside one minute today to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.

Live this todayInducing Chanting Throughout His Early PastimesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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