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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 13.71Ādi 13.73

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.72

জগন্নাথমিশ্ৰ–পত্নী শচীর উদরে ।

অষ্ট কন্যা ক্রমে হৈল, জন্মি’ জন্মি’ মরে ॥ ৭২ ॥

jagannāthamiśra-patnī śacīra udare

aṣṭa kanyā krame haila, janmi’ janmi’ mare

Translation

Before the birth of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, eight daughters took birth one after another from the womb of Śacīmātā, the wife of Jagannātha Miśra. But just after their birth, they all died.

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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.

Śacīmātā's Eight Daughters Died After Birth

  1. 1

    Śacīmātā was the wife of Jagannātha Miśra.

  2. 2

    Before Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu's birth, eight daughters were born to her one after another.

  3. 3

    All eight daughters died just after their birth.

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. jagannātha-miśraJagannātha Miśra
  2. patnīhis wife
  3. śacīraof Śacīmātā
  4. udarewithin the womb
  5. aṣṭaeight
  6. kanyādaughters
  7. krameone after another
  8. hailaappeared
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Can I pause and acknowledge the repeated loss described in this verse?

Practice

Read the translation slowly today, giving respectful attention to each life and loss it records.

Live this todayŚacīmātā's Eight Daughters Died After BirthThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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