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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 17: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Youth
Ādi 17.334Madhya 1.1

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Ādi 17.335-336

শ্রীস্বরূপ–শ্রীরূপ–শ্রীসনাতন ।

শ্রীরঘুনাথদাস, আর শ্রীজীব–চরণ ॥ ৩৩৫ ॥

শিরে ধরি বন্দোঁ, নিত্য করোঁ তাঁর আশ ।

চৈতন্যচরিতামৃত কহে কৃষ্ণদাস ॥ ৩৩৬ ॥

śrī-svarūpa-śrī-rūpa-śrī-sanātana

śrī-raghunātha-dāsa, āra śrī-jīva-caraṇa

Translation

I wish to place the lotus feet of the Gosvāmīs on my head. Their names are Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī and Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī. Placing their lotus feet on my head, always hoping to serve them, I, Kṛṣṇadāsa, narrate Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, following in their footsteps.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Follow the Gosvāmīs with Hope to Serve

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    Kṛṣṇadāsa wishes to place the lotus feet of the Gosvāmīs on his head: Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī and Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī.

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    Placing their lotus feet on his head, he always hopes to serve them.

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    He narrates Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta by following in their footsteps.

Key points from the purport
  • Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, seventeenth chapter, describing the pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His youth.

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:

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. śrī-svarūpaŚrī Svarūpa Dāmodara
  2. śrī-rūpaŚrī Rūpa Gosvāmī
  3. śrī-sanātanaŚrī Sanātana Gosvāmī
  4. śrī-raghunātha-dāsaŚrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī
  5. āraand
  6. śrī-jīva-caraṇathe lotus feet of Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī
  7. śireon the head
  8. dhariplacing
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lotus feet”

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “serve”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I approach reading Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta with respect for the Gosvāmīs and a hope to serve them?

Practice

Before reading today, pause to offer respect to the Gosvāmīs named here and express your wish to follow in their footsteps.

Live this todayFollow the Gosvāmīs with Hope to ServeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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