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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 13.47Ādi 13.49

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.48

চৈতন্য–লীলার ব্যাস,—দাস বৃন্দাবন ।

মধুর করিয়া লীলা করিলা রচন ॥ ৪৮ ॥

caitanya-līlāra vyāsa, — dāsa vṛndāvana

madhura kariyā līlā karilā racana

Translation

Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura, the authorized writer of the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, is as good as Śrīla Vyāsadeva. He has described the pastimes in such a way as to make them sweeter and sweeter.

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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.

Authorized Descriptions Make the Pastimes Sweeter

  1. 1

    Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura is the authorized writer of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes.

  2. 2

    He is as good as Śrīla Vyāsadeva.

  3. 3

    His descriptions make the pastimes sweeter and sweeter.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. caitanya-līlāraof the pastimes of Lord Caitanya
  2. vyāsathe authorized writer Vyāsadeva
  3. dāsa vṛndāvanaVṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura
  4. madhurasweet
  5. kariyāmaking it
  6. līlāpastimes
  7. karilādid
  8. racanacompilation
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “vṛndāvana”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I give more attentive appreciation to these authorized descriptions of the Lord’s pastimes?

Practice

Read the translation aloud once, pausing over the words “sweeter and sweeter.”

Live this todayAuthorized Descriptions Make the Pastimes SweeterThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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