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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 17: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Youth

Ādi 17.319 Ādi 17.321

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.320

সপ্তম পরিচ্ছেদে ‘পঞ্চতত্ত্বে’র আখ্যান ।

পঞ্চতত্ত্ব মিলি’ যৈছে কৈলা প্রেমদান ॥ ৩২০ ॥

saptama paricchede ‘pañca-tattve’ra ākhyāna

pañca-tattva mili’ yaiche kailā prema-dāna

Translation

The seventh chapter describes the Pañca-tattva — Śrī Caitanya, Prabhu Nityānanda, Śrī Advaita, Gadādhara and Śrīvāsa. They all combined together to distribute love of Godhead everywhere.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Pañca-tattva Distribute Love of Godhead

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The seventh chapter describes the Pañca-tattva.
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The Pañca-tattva are Śrī Caitanya, Prabhu Nityānanda, Śrī Advaita, Gadādhara and Śrīvāsa.
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They all combined together to distribute love of Godhead everywhere.

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

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

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

Śrī Advaita Prabhu exhibits the ecstasy of both fraternity and servitude. All the Lord’s other associates, situated in their original love, engage in the service of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

saptama paricchedein the seventh chapter
pañca-tattveraof the five tattvas (truths)
ākhyānathe elaboration
pañca-tattvathe five tattvas
mili’combining together
yaichein what way
kailādid
prema-dānadistribution of love of Godhead

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “distribute”
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “together”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of godhead”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to me about their joining together to distribute love of Godhead everywhere?

Practice

Read the five names aloud, then recall their shared purpose: distributing love of Godhead everywhere.

Live this todayThe Pañca-tattva Distribute Love of GodheadThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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