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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 13.29

সূত্র–বৃত্তি–পাঁজি–টীকা কৃষ্ণেতে তাৎপর্য ।

শিষ্যের প্রতীত হয়,—প্রভাব আশ্চর্য ॥ ২৯ ॥

sūtra-vṛtti-pāṅji-ṭīkā kṛṣṇete tātparya

śiṣyera pratīta haya, — prabhāva āścarya

Translation

When teaching a course in grammar [vyākaraṇa] and explaining it with notes, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu taught His disciples about the glories of Lord Kṛṣṇa. All explanations culminated in Kṛṣṇa, and His disciples would understand them very easily. Thus His influence was wonderful.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Learning Grammar While Growing in Devotion

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu taught the glories of Lord Kṛṣṇa while explaining grammar. All His explanations culminated in Kṛṣṇa, and His disciples understood them very easily.

  2. 2

    Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī compiled a grammar in two parts, named Laghu-hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa and Bṛhad-dhari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa.

  3. 3

    By studying these texts, one learns Sanskrit grammatical rules and simultaneously learns how to become a great devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī compiled a grammar in two parts, named Laghu-hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa and Bṛhad-dhari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa.
  • If someone studies these two texts in vyākaraṇa, or grammar, he learns the grammatical rules of the Sanskrit language and simultaneously learns how to become a great devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

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:

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. sūtraaphorisms
  2. vṛttiexplanation
  3. pāṅjiapplication
  4. ṭīkānotes
  5. kṛṣṇeteunto Kṛṣṇa
  6. tātparyaculmination
  7. śiṣyeraof the disciple
  8. pratītarealization
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about learning grammar and devotion together?

Practice

Write one sentence describing how the grammar texts mentioned here join learning with devotion to Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayLearning Grammar While Growing in DevotionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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