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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 3: The External Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Ādi 3.65Ādi 3.67

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.66

সদোপাস্যঃ শ্রীমান্‌ ধৃতমনুজকায়ৈঃ প্রণয়িতাং

বহদ্ভির্গীর্বাণৈগিরিশ–পরমেষ্ঠি–প্রভৃতিভিঃ ।

স্বভক্তেভ্যঃ শুদ্ধাং নিজভজনমুদ্রামুপদিশন্‌

স চৈতন্যঃ কিং মে পুনরপি দৃশোর্যাস্যতি পদম্‌ ॥ ৬৬ ॥

sadopāsyaḥ śrīmān dhṛta-manuja-kāyaiḥ praṇayitāṁ

vahadbhir gīr-vāṇair giriśa-parameṣṭhi-prabhṛtibhiḥ

sva-bhaktebhyaḥ śuddhāṁ nija-bhajana-mudrām upadiśan

sa caitanyaḥ kiṁ me punar api dṛśor yāsyati padam

Translation

“Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is always the most worshipable Deity of the demigods, including Lord Śiva and Lord Brahmā, who came in the garb of ordinary men, bearing love for Him. He instructs His own pure devotional service to His own devotees. Will He again be the object of my vision?”

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Worshipable Lord Teaches Pure Devotion

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is always the most worshipable Deity of the demigods, including Lord Śiva and Lord Brahmā.

  2. 2

    These demigods came in the garb of ordinary men, bearing love for Him. He teaches His own pure devotional service to His devotees.

  3. 3

    The prayer longs to see Him again. The purport identifies it as coming from the Stava-mālā of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse is Prathama Śrī Caitanyāṣṭaka 1, from the Stava-mālā of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

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

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:

He can be appreciated only by pure devotees and only through the process of devotional service. The Lord tried to conceal His identity as the Supreme Personality of Godhead by representing Himself as a devotee, but His pure devotees could recognize Him by His special features.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 3
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sadāalways
  2. upāsyaḥworshipable
  3. śrīmānbeautiful
  4. dhṛtawho accepted
  5. manuja-kāyaiḥthe bodies of men
  6. pranayitāmlove
  7. vahadbhiḥwho were bearing
  8. giḥ-vāṇaiḥby the demigods
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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”

  • 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: “service”

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 does this prayer encourage your desire to learn pure devotional service?

Practice

Offer a short prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asking to learn His pure devotional service.

Live this todayThe Worshipable Lord Teaches Pure DevotionThis 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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