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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 16: The Pastimes of the Lord in His Childhood and Youth
Ādi 16.2Ādi 16.4

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.3

জীয়াৎ কৈশোর–চৈতন্যো মূর্তিমত্যা গৃহাশ্ৰমাৎ ।

লক্ষ্ম্যার্চিতোঽথ বাগ্‌দেব্যা দিশাংজয়ি–জয়চ্ছলাৎ ॥ ৩॥

jīyāt kaiśora-caitanyo

mūrti-matyā gṛhāśramāt

lakṣmyārcito ’tha vāg-devyā

diśāṁ jayi-jaya-cchalāt

Translation

Long live Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His kaiśora age! Both the goddess of fortune and the goddess of learning worshiped Him. The goddess of learning, Sarasvatī, worshiped Him in His victory over the scholar who had conquered all the world, and the goddess of fortune, Lakṣmīdevī, worshiped Him at home. Since He is therefore the husband or Lord of both goddesses, I offer my obeisances unto Him.

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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.

Both Goddesses Worship Lord Caitanya

  1. 1

    The verse celebrates Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His kaiśora age. Both the goddess of fortune and the goddess of learning worshiped Him.

  2. 2

    Sarasvatī worshiped Him in His victory over the scholar who had conquered all the world. Lakṣmīdevī worshiped Him at home.

  3. 3

    He is the husband or Lord of both goddesses. The author therefore offers obeisances unto Him.

How it feels

Grief and transformed pride. Lakṣmīdevī’s departure brings sorrow; Keśava Kāśmīrī’s pride yields to surrender.

The mood of Ādi 16 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 16: The Pastimes of the Lord in His Childhood and Youth

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

While Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu was touring East Bengal, His wife, Lakṣmīdevī, was bitten by a serpent or by the serpent of separation, and thus she left this world. When the Lord returned home, He saw that His mother was overwhelmed with grief because of Lakṣmīdevī’s death.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 16
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. jīyātlong live
  2. kaiśorasituated in the kaiśora age
  3. caitanyaḥLord Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. mūrti-matyāhaving accepted such a body
  5. gṛha-āśramātfrom a householder’s life
  6. lakṣmyāby Lakṣmī
  7. arcitaḥbeing worshiped
  8. athathen
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the worship offered by both goddesses deepen my reverence for Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu?

Practice

Offer obeisances to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, remembering that both goddesses worshiped Him.

Live this todayBoth Goddesses Worship Lord CaitanyaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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