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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 6.39

এসব লইয়া চৈতন্যপ্রভুর বিহার ।

এসব লইয়া করেন বাঞ্ছিত প্রচার ॥ ৩৯ ॥

e-saba la-iyā caitanya-prabhura vihāra

e-saba la-iyā karena vāñchita pracāra

Translation

With all of them Lord Caitanya performed His pastimes, and with them He spread His mission.

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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.

The Lord shares His pastimes and mission

  1. 1

    Lord Caitanya performed His pastimes with all of them.

  2. 2

    With them, He also spread His mission.

  3. 3

    His companions participated in both His pastimes and the spreading of His mission.

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.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 6
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. e-sabaall these
  2. la-iyātaking
  3. caitanya-prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. vihārapastimes
  5. e-sabaall of them
  6. la-iyātaking
  7. karenadoes
  8. vāñchita pracāraspreading His mission
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you notice about the place of companionship in Lord Caitanya’s activities?

Practice

Write down the two activities Lord Caitanya carried out with His companions.

Live this todayThe Lord shares His pastimes and missionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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