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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 13.46

দামোদর–স্বরূপ, আর গুপ্ত মুরারি ।

মুখ্যমুখ্যলীলা সূত্রে লিখিয়াছে বিচারি’ ॥ ৪৬ ॥

dāmodara-svarūpa, āra gupta murāri

mukhya-mukhya-līlā sūtre likhiyāche vicāri’

Translation

Devotees like Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara and Murāri Gupta have recorded all the principal pastimes of Lord Caitanya in the form of notes, after deliberate consideration.

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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.

Recording Pastimes With Deliberate Consideration

  1. 1

    Devotees such as Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara and Murāri Gupta recorded Lord Caitanya’s pastimes.

  2. 2

    Their notes preserved all the principal pastimes.

  3. 3

    They made these records after deliberate consideration.

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:

During this time, Caitanya Mahāprabhu toured southern India, went to Vṛndāvana, returned from Vṛndāvana and preached the saṅkīrtana movement. A learned brāhmaṇa named Upendra Miśra, who resided in the district of Śrīhaṭṭa, was the father of Jagannātha Miśra, who came to Navadvīpa to study under the direction of Nīlāmbara Cakravartī and then settled there after marrying Nīlāmbara Cakravartī’s daughter, Śacīdevī.
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. dāmodara-svarūpaSvarūpa Dāmodara
  2. āraand
  3. gupta murāriMurāri Gupta
  4. mukhya-mukhyamost important
  5. līlāpastimes
  6. sūtrein notes
  7. likhiyāchehave written
  8. vicāri’by mature deliberation
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can deliberate consideration improve the notes I take while studying?

Practice

After carefully rereading this verse, write one accurate study note in your own words.

Live this todayRecording Pastimes With Deliberate ConsiderationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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