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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 5.12

সপ্তম শ্লোকের অর্থ করি চারিশ্লোকে ।

যাতে নিত্যানন্দতত্ত্ব জানে সর্বলোকে ॥ ১২ ॥

saptama ślokera artha kari cāri-śloke

yāte nityānanda-tattva jāne sarva-loke

Translation

I have explained the seventh verse in four subsequent verses. By these verses all the world can know the truth about Lord Nityānanda.

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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.

Knowing the Truth About Lord Nityānanda

  1. 1

    The author has explained the seventh verse.

  2. 2

    That explanation is given in four subsequent verses.

  3. 3

    Through these verses, all the world can know the truth about Lord Nityānanda.

How it feels

Shelter and wonder. The glory of Nityānanda reveals the intimate support behind the descent.

The mood of Ādi 5 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 5: The Glories Of Lord Nityānanda Balarāma

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

Beyond the limitation of this material world is the spiritual sky, paravyoma, which has many spiritual planets, the supreme of which is called Kṛṣṇaloka. Kṛṣṇaloka, the abode of Kṛṣṇa, has three divisions, which are known as Dvārakā, Mathurā and Gokula.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. saptama ślokeraof the seventh verse
  2. arthathe meaning
  3. kariI do
  4. cāri-ślokein four verses
  5. yātein which
  6. nityānanda-tattvathe truth of Lord Nityānanda
  7. jāneone knows
  8. sarva-lokeall over the world
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What have these explanations helped you understand about Lord Nityānanda?

Practice

Review the preceding notes and write one thing you have learned about Lord Nityānanda.

Live this todayKnowing the Truth About Lord NityānandaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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