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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 17.32 Ādi 17.34

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.33

প্রভু–আজ্ঞায় কর এই শ্লোক আচরণ ।

অবশ্য পাইবে তবে শ্রীকৃষ্ণ–চরণ ॥ ৩৩ ৷৷

prabhu-ājñāya kara ei śloka ācaraṇa

avaśya pāibe tabe śrī-kṛṣṇa-caraṇa

Translation

One must strictly follow the principles given by Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in this verse. If one simply follows in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya and the Gosvāmīs, certainly he will achieve the ultimate goal of life, the lotus feet of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Follow Faithfully Toward Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s Lotus Feet

1
One must strictly follow the principles given by Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
2
The path is to follow in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya and the Gosvāmīs.
3
By following them, one will certainly achieve the ultimate goal of life: the lotus feet of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

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:

The seventeenth chapter, as summarized by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya, describes Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes from His sixteenth year until the time He accepted the renounced order of life. Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has already vividly described these pastimes in the Caitanya-bhāgavata; therefore Kṛṣṇa dāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī describes them only briefly.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

prabhuof the Lord
ājñāyaon the order
karado
ei ślokaof this verse
ācaraṇapractice
avaśyacertainly
pāibehe will get
tabeafterwards
śrī-kṛṣṇa-caraṇathe lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
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In this verse: “lotus feet”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I become more faithful in following Lord Caitanya’s teachings?

Practice

Choose one teaching of Lord Caitanya that you have studied and make a concrete effort to follow it today.

Live this todayFollow Faithfully Toward Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s Lotus FeetThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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