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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 6.32

ঈশ্বরসারূপ্য পায় পারিষদগণ ।

চতুর্ভুজ, পীতবাস, যৈছে নারায়ণ ॥ ৩২ ॥

īśvara-sārūpya pāya pāriṣada-gaṇa

catur-bhuja, pīta-vāsa, yaiche nārāyaṇa

Translation

His associates have the same bodily features as the Lord. They all have four arms and are dressed in yellow garments like Nārāyaṇa.

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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.

His Associates Resemble the Lord

  1. 1

    His associates have the same bodily features as the Lord.

  2. 2

    They all have four arms.

  3. 3

    They wear yellow garments like Nārāyaṇa.

How it feels

Devotional appeal. The glory of Advaita frames service as the deepest form of greatness.

The mood of Ādi 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 6: The Glories of Śrī Advaita Ācārya

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

It is said that material nature has two features, namely the material cause and the efficient cause. The efficient causal activities are caused by Mahā-Viṣṇu, and the material causal activities are caused by another form of Mahā-Viṣṇu, known as Advaita.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. īśvara-sārūpyathe same bodily features as the Lord
  2. pāyagets
  3. pāriṣada-gaṇathe associates
  4. catur-bhujafour hands
  5. pīta-vāsayellow dress
  6. yaichejust as
  7. nārāyaṇaLord Nārāyaṇa
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “associates”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which details help you picture the associates described here?

Practice

Pause briefly to remember the associates with four arms and yellow garments, as described in the translation.

Live this todayHis Associates Resemble the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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