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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 5: The Glories Of Lord Nityānanda Balarāma
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.7

সঙ্কর্ষণঃ কারণতোয়শায়ী

গর্ভোদশায়ী চ পয়োঽব্ধিশায়ী ।

শেষশ্চ যস্যাংশকলাঃ স

নিত্যানন্দাখ্যরামঃ শরণং মমাস্তু ॥ ৭ ॥

saṅkarṣaṇaḥ kāraṇa-toya-śāyī

garbhoda-śāyī ca payo ’bdhi-śāyī

śeṣaś ca yasyāṁśa-kalāḥ sa nityā-

nandākhya-rāmaḥ śaraṇaṁ mamāstu

Translation

May Śrī Nityānanda Rāma be the object of my constant remembrance. Saṅkarṣaṇa, Śeṣa Nāga and the Viṣṇus who lie on the Kāraṇa Ocean, Garbha Ocean and ocean of milk are His plenary portions and the portions of His plenary portions.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Always Remember Śrī Nityānanda Rāma

  1. 1

    The verse prays that Śrī Nityānanda Rāma may be the object of constant remembrance.

  2. 2

    Saṅkarṣaṇa, Śeṣa Nāga and the Viṣṇus lying on the Kāraṇa Ocean, Garbha Ocean and ocean of milk are His plenary portions and portions of His plenary portions.

  3. 3

    Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī recorded this verse in his diary to offer respectful obeisances to Lord Nityānanda Prabhu.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī has recorded this verse in his diary to offer his respectful obeisances to Lord Nityānanda Prabhu.
  • This verse also appears as the seventh 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. saṅkarṣaṇaḥMahā-saṅkarṣaṇa in the spiritual sky
  2. kāraṇa-toya-śāyīKāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, who lies in the Causal Ocean
  3. garbha-uda-śāyīGarbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, who lies in the Garbhodaka Ocean of the universe
  4. caand
  5. payaḥ-abdhi-śāyīKṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, who lies in the ocean of milk
  6. śeṣaḥŚeṣa Nāga, the couch of Viṣṇu
  7. caand
  8. yasyawhose
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What simple reminder could help me remember Śrī Nityānanda Rāma during my day?

Practice

Write the verse’s opening prayer on a note and read it once more later today.

Live this todayAlways Remember Śrī Nityānanda RāmaThis 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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