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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 17.330

বৃন্দাবনদাস ইহা ‘চৈতন্যমঙ্গলে’ ।

বিস্তারি’ বর্ণিলা নিত্যানন্দ–আজ্ঞা–বলে ॥ ৩৩০ ॥

vṛndāvana-dāsa ihā ‘caitanya-maṅgale’

vistāri’ varṇilā nityānanda-ājñā-bale

Translation

By the order and strength of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has elaborately described in his Caitanya-maṅgala all that I have not.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Elaborate Description Through Nityānanda Prabhu’s Strength

  1. 1

    Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura wrote by the order and strength of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu.

  2. 2

    His Caitanya-maṅgala elaborately describes what the author has not described.

  3. 3

    The author points readers to this fuller account while acknowledging the source of its strength.

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:

There is no need of mundane arguments in this connection, because mundane arguments are meaningless in regard to inconceivable potency. At the end of the seventeenth chapter, Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, following in the footsteps of Śrīla Vyāsadeva, has summarized all the ādi-līlā pastimes separately.
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. vṛndāvana-dāsaṬhākura Vṛndāvana dāsa
  2. ihāthis
  3. caitanya-maṅgalein his book Caitanya-maṅgala
  4. vistāri’expanding
  5. varṇilādescribed
  6. nityānandaof Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu
  7. ājñāof the order
  8. baleon the strength
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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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about the author’s acknowledgment of Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura’s work?

Practice

Write down the connection between Caitanya-maṅgala, Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura, and Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu’s order and strength.

Live this todayElaborate Description Through Nityānanda Prabhu’s StrengthThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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