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  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 13.63Ādi 13.65

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.64

গীতা–ভাগবত কহে আচার্য–গোসাঞি ।

জ্ঞান–কর্ম নিন্দি’ করে ভক্তির বড়াই ॥ ৬৪ ॥

gītā-bhhāgavata kahe ācārya-gosāñi

jñāna-karma nindi’ kare bhaktira baḍāi

Translation

In these meetings of the Vaiṣṇavas, Advaita Ācārya used to recite the Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, decrying the paths of philosophical speculation and fruitive activity and establishing the superexcellence of devotional service.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Scripture Establishes the Excellence of Devotional Service

  1. 1

    At the Vaiṣṇavas’ meetings, Advaita Ācārya recited the Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

  2. 2

    He decried the paths of philosophical speculation and fruitive activity.

  3. 3

    He established the superexcellence of devotional service.

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:

Śrī Śacīdevī gave birth to eight children, all daughters, who died one after another immediately after birth. After her ninth pregnancy she gave birth to a son, who was named Viśvarūpa.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. gītāthe Bhagavad-gītā
  2. bhāgavataŚrīmad-Bhāgavatam
  3. kaherecites
  4. ācārya-gosāñiAdvaita Ācārya
  5. jñānathe path of philosophical speculation
  6. karmafruitive activity
  7. nindi’decrying
  8. kareestablishes
  9. bhaktiraof devotional service
  10. baḍāiexcellence
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “service”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can your study of scripture remain focused on devotional service?

Practice

Read a short passage from the Bhagavad-gītā or Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, looking for its teaching on devotional service.

Live this todayScripture Establishes the Excellence of Devotional ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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