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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 6: The Glories of Śrī Advaita Ācārya
Ādi 6.72Ādi 6.74

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 6.73

চৈদ্যায় মার্পয়িতুমুদ্যত–কার্মুকেষু

রাজস্বজেয়–ভটশেখরিতাঙ্ঘ্রিরেণুঃ ।

নিন্যে মৃগেন্দ্র ইব ভাগমজাবিযূথা–

ত্তচ্ছ্রীনিকেত–চরণোঽস্তু মমার্চনায় ॥ ৭৩ ॥

caidyāya mārpayitum udyata-kārmukeṣu

rājasv ajeya-bhaṭa-śekharitāṅghri-reṇuḥ

ninye mṛgendra iva bhāgam ajāvi-yūthāt

tac chrī-niketa-caraṇo ’stu mamārcanāya

Translation

“When Jarāsandha and other kings, bows and arrows upraised, stood ready to deliver me in charity to Śiśupāla, He forcibly took me from their midst, as a lion takes its share of goats and sheep. The dust of His lotus feet is therefore the crown of unconquerable soldiers. May those lotus feet, which are the shelter of the goddess of fortune, be the object of my worship.”

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Lotus Feet Are Worthy of Worship

  1. 1

    Queen Rukmiṇī recalls how Kṛṣṇa forcibly took her from the midst of Jarāsandha and other armed kings, who were ready to give her to Śiśupāla.

  2. 2

    She describes the dust of His lotus feet as the crown of unconquerable soldiers.

  3. 3

    His lotus feet are the shelter of the goddess of fortune. Rukmiṇī prays that those feet may be the object of her worship.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.83.8) was spoken by Queen Rukmiṇī.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Ādi 6.73 quotesSB 10.83.8

This verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.83.8) was spoken by Queen Rukmiṇī.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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:

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. That Advaita, the superintendent of the cosmic manifestation, has descended in the form of Advaita Ācārya to associate with Lord Caitanya.
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. caidyāyaunto Śiśupāla
  2. māme
  3. arpayitumto deliver or to give in charity
  4. udyataupraised
  5. kārmukeṣuwhose bows and arrows
  6. rājasuamong the kings headed by Jarāsandha
  7. ajeyaunconquerable
  8. bhaṭaof the soldiers
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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: “shelter”, “lotus feet”

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “deliver”

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 Rukmiṇī’s prayer reveal about what she values most?

Practice

Read Rukmiṇī’s final prayer aloud today, reflecting on Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet as the object of worship.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Lotus Feet Are Worthy of WorshipThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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