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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 15.7

অধ্যয়ন–লীলা প্রভুর দাস–বৃন্দাবন ।

‘চৈতন্যমঙ্গলে’ কৈল বিস্তারি বর্ণন ॥ ৭ ॥

adhyayana-līlā prabhura dāsa-vṛndāvana

‘caitanya-maṅgale’ kaila vistāri varṇana

Translation

In his book Caitanya-maṅgala [which later became Caitanya-bhāgavata], Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has very elaborately described the Lord’s pastimes of study.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Where to Study the Lord’s Scholarly Pastimes

  1. 1

    Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura elaborately described the Lord’s pastimes of study.

  2. 2

    His book Caitanya-maṅgala later became Caitanya-bhāgavata.

  3. 3

    The purport recommends Caitanya-bhāgavata, Ādi-khaṇḍa, chapters four, six, seven, eight, nine and ten, as references for these pastimes.

Key points from the purport
  • The Caitanya-bhāgavata, Ādi-khaṇḍa, chapters four, six, seven, eight, nine and ten, are a good reference for the studious pastimes of Lord Śrī 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.

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:

The Lord took lessons in grammar from Gaṅgādāsa Paṇḍita and became very expert in commenting upon grammar. He forbade His mother to take grains on the Ekādaśī day.
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. adhyayana-līlāpastimes of studying
  2. prabhuraof the Lord
  3. dāsa-vṛndāvanaVṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura
  4. caitanya-maṅgalein his book Caitanya-maṅgala
  5. kailahas done
  6. vistārielaborately
  7. varṇanaexplanation
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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”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What would you like to learn more about in the Lord’s pastimes of study?

Practice

Make a reading note listing the Caitanya-bhāgavata chapters recommended in this purport.

Live this todayWhere to Study the Lord’s Scholarly PastimesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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