1 · Learn4 of 6 · 5 min
Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.60
তাঁর পত্নী ‘শচী’–নাম, পতিব্রতা সতী ।
যাঁর পিতা ‘নীলাম্বর’ নাম চক্রবর্তী ॥ ৬০ ॥
tāṅra patnī ‘śacī’-nāma, pativratā satī
yāṅra pitā ‘nīlāmbara’ nāma cakravartī
His wife, Śrīmatī Śacīdevī, was a chaste woman highly devoted to her husband. Śacīdevī’s father’s name was Nīlāmbara, and his surname was Cakravartī.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrīmatī Śacīdevī was a chaste woman highly devoted to her husband. Her father was Nīlāmbara Cakravartī.
The purport identifies Nīlāmbara Cakravartī as formerly Garga Muni. He lived at Navadvīpa in the neighborhood of Belapukuriyā.
The Kazi addressed Nīlāmbara Cakravartī as kākā, or “uncle.” The Kazi was also considered one of the maternal uncles of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
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. Śrī Śacīdevī gave birth to eight children, all daughters, who died one after another immediately after birth.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 13
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about Śacīdevī’s devotion to her husband?
Write one sentence recalling Śacīdevī’s character and her father’s name.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
Ask Caitanya CaritamrtaHave a question about CC Ādi 13.60? Get an answer from the verses themselves.