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  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 3: The External Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Ādi 2.121Ādi 3.2

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.1

শ্রীচৈতন্যপ্রভুং বন্দে যৎপাদাশ্রয়বীর্যতঃ ।

সংগৃহ্ণাত্যাকরব্রাতাদজ্ঞঃ সিদ্ধান্তসন্মণীন্‌ ॥ ১ ॥

śrī-caitanya-prabhuṁ vande

yat-pādāśraya-vīryataḥ

saṅgṛhṇāty ākara-vrātād

ajñaḥ siddhānta-san-maṇīn

Translation

I offer my respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. By the potency of the shelter of His lotus feet, even a fool can collect the valuable jewels of conclusive truth from the mines of the revealed scriptures.

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

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Shelter Opens the Treasures of Scripture

  1. 1

    The author offers respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    By the potency of the shelter of His lotus feet, even a fool can collect valuable jewels of conclusive truth.

  3. 3

    The revealed scriptures are compared to mines containing these valuable jewels.

How it feels

Compassion and urgency. The holy name is offered for the age; divine love moves outward toward others.

The mood of Ādi 3 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 3: The External Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

In this chapter the author has fully discussed the external reasons for the descent of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, after displaying His pastimes as Lord Kṛṣṇa, thought it wise to make His advent in the form of a devotee to explain personally the transcendental mellows of reciprocal service and love exchanged between Himself and His servants, friends, parents and fiancées.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. śrī-caitanya-prabhumto Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  2. vandeI offer my respectful obeisances
  3. yatof whom
  4. pāda-āśrayaof the shelter of the lotus feet
  5. vīryataḥfrom the power
  6. saṅgṛhṇāticollects
  7. ākara-vrātātfrom the multitude of mines in the form of scriptures
  8. ajñaḥa fool
  9. siddhāntaof conclusion
  10. sat-maṇīnthe best jewels
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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: “shelter”, “lotus feet”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might seeking the shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu change my approach to studying scripture?

Practice

Before studying today, offer respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and ask for shelter at His lotus feet.

Live this todayShelter Opens the Treasures of ScriptureThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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