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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 17.11

প্রভুর অভিষেক তবে করিল শ্রীবাস ।

খাটে বসি’ প্রভু কৈলা ঐশ্বর্য প্রকাশ ॥ ১১ ॥

prabhura abhiṣeka tabe karila śrīvāsa

khāṭe vasi’ prabhu kailā aiśvarya prakāśa

Translation

Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura then worshiped Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu by the process of abhiṣeka. Sitting on a cot, the Lord exhibited transcendental opulence.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Worship the Lord According to Your Means

  1. 1

    Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura worshiped Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu through abhiṣeka. Sitting on a cot, the Lord exhibited transcendental opulence.

  2. 2

    Abhiṣeka is a special ceremony for installing the Deity. The Deity is bathed with milk and water, worshiped, and given a change of dress.

  3. 3

    At the house of Śrīvāsa, all the devotees worshiped the Lord with paraphernalia according to their means. The Lord gave each devotee benedictions according to his desire.

Key points from the purport
  • Abhiṣeka is a special function for the installation of the Deity.
  • In this ceremony the Deity is bathed with milk and water and then worshiped and given a change of dress.
  • All the devotees, according to their means, worshiped the Lord with all kinds of paraphernalia, and the Lord gave benedictions to each devotee according to his desire.

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

Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.

The mood of Ādi 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 17: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Youth

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

Finally, the chapter shows that the same son of mother Yaśodā, Lord Kṛṣṇa, tasted four transcendental mellows of devotional service in His form of Śacīnandana, the son of mother Śacī. To understand Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s ecstatic love for Him, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa assumed the form of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prabhuraof the Lord
  2. abhiṣekaworship
  3. tabeafter that
  4. kariladid
  5. śrīvāsaŚrīvāsa
  6. khāṭeon the cot
  7. vasi’sitting
  8. prabhuLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I worship the Lord with the means available to me?

Practice

Offer the Lord one simple act of worship today, according to your means.

Live this todayWorship the Lord According to Your MeansThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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