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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 15.2

জয় জয় শ্রীচৈতন্য জয় নিত্যানন্দ ।

জয়াদ্বৈতচন্দ্র, জয় গৌরভক্তবৃন্দ ॥ ২ ॥

jaya jaya śrī-caitanya jaya nityānanda

jayādvaitacandra, jaya gaura-bhakta-vṛnda

Translation

All glories to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu! All glories to Lord Nityānanda Prabhu! All glories to Advaita Ācārya! And all glories to all the devotees of Lord Caitanya!

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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.

Glorify the Lord and His Devotees

  1. 1

    The verse offers all glories to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    It also glorifies Lord Nityānanda Prabhu and Advaita Ācārya.

  3. 3

    All the devotees of Lord Caitanya are included in this praise.

How it feels

Wonder touched by grief. Learning, family duty, the loss of Jagannātha Miśra, and marriage create mixed feeling.

The mood of Ādi 15 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 15: The Lord’s Paugaṇḍa-līlā

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

A synopsis of the fifteenth chapter is as follows. The Lord took lessons in grammar from Gaṅgādāsa Paṇḍita and became very expert in commenting upon grammar.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 15
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. jaya jayaall glories
  2. śrī-caitanyaLord Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. jayaall glories
  4. nityānandaLord Nityānanda Prabhu
  5. jaya-advaitacandraall glories to Advaita Ācārya
  6. jaya gaura-bhakta-vṛndaall glories to the devotees of Lord Caitanya
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can you include the Lord’s devotees in your expressions of praise?

Practice

Read this verse aloud once, offering its words of glorification.

Live this todayGlorify the Lord and His DevoteesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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