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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 5: The Glories Of Lord Nityānanda Balarāma
Ādi 5.12Ādi 5.14

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.13

মায়াতীতে ব্যাপিবৈকুণ্ঠলোকে

পূর্ণৈশ্বর্যে শ্রীচতুর্ব্যূহমধ্যে ।

রূপং যস্যোদ্ভাতি সঙ্কর্ষণাখ্যং

তং শ্রীনিত্যানন্দরামং প্রপদ্যে ॥ ১৩ ॥

māyātīte vyāpi-vaikuṇṭha-loke

pūrṇaiśvarye śrī-catur-vyūha-madhye

rūpaṁ yasyodbhāti saṅkarṣaṇākhyaṁ

taṁ śrī-nityānanda-rāmaṁ prapadye

Translation

I surrender unto the lotus feet of Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, who is known as Saṅkarṣaṇa in the midst of the catur-vyūha [consisting of Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha]. He possesses full opulences and resides in Vaikuṇṭhaloka, far beyond the material creation.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Surrender to Śrī Nityānanda Rāma

  1. 1

    The verse expresses surrender unto the lotus feet of Śrī Nityānanda Rāma. It comes from Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī’s diary.

  2. 2

    Śrī Nityānanda Rāma is known as Saṅkarṣaṇa within the catur-vyūha, consisting of Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha.

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    He possesses full opulences and resides in Vaikuṇṭhaloka, far beyond the material creation.

Key points from the purport
  • This is a verse from Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī’s diary.
  • It appears as the eighth of the first fourteen verses of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta.

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

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:

In that abode the Personality of Godhead expands Himself into four plenary portions — Kṛṣṇa, Balarāma, Pradyumna (the transcendental Cupid) and Aniruddha. They are known as the original quadruple forms.
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. māyā-atītebeyond the material creation
  2. vyāpiall-expanding
  3. vaikuṇṭha-lokein Vaikuṇṭhaloka, the spiritual world
  4. pūrṇa-aiśvaryeendowed with full opulence
  5. śrī-catuḥ-vyūha-madhyein the quadruple expansions (Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha)
  6. rūpamform
  7. yasyawhose
  8. udbhātiappears
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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: “surrender”, “lotus feet”

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

What does surrender unto the lotus feet of Śrī Nityānanda Rāma mean to you?

Practice

Slowly read aloud the opening words of surrender to Śrī Nityānanda Rāma.

Live this todaySurrender to Śrī Nityānanda RāmaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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