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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 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features
Ādi 7.17Ādi 7.20-21

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Ādi 7.18-19

যাঁ–সবা লঞা প্রভুর নিত্য বিহার ।

যাঁ–সবা লঞা প্রভুর কীর্তন–প্রচার ॥ ১৮ ॥

যাঁ–সবা লঞা করেন প্রেম আস্বাদন ।

যাঁ–সবা লঞা দান করে প্রেমধন ॥ ১৯ ॥

yāṅ-sabā lañā prabhura nitya vihāra

yāṅ-sabā lañā prabhura kīrtana-pracāra

Translation

The internal devotees or potencies are all eternal associates in the pastimes of the Lord. Only with them does the Lord advent to propound the saṅkīrtana movement, only with them does the Lord taste the mellow of conjugal love, and only with them does He distribute this love of God to people in general.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Eternal associates share the Lord’s love

  1. 1

    The Lord’s internal devotees are His eternal associates. With them He introduces the saṅkīrtana movement, tastes conjugal love and distributes love of God.

  2. 2

    The purport traces a gradual development from karmīs to those with perfect Vedic knowledge, then to those liberated from material bondage. Among liberated persons, a devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is considered the best.

  3. 3

    Among the Lord’s transcendental lovers, the gopīs are the best, and among them Śrīmatī Rādhikā is the best. She and Her ponds, Śyāma-kuṇḍa and Rādhā-kuṇḍa, are very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Key points from the purport
  • Out of many such learned scholars and philosophers, one who is actually liberated from material bondage is better, and out of many such persons who are actually liberated, one who is a devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is considered to be the best.
  • Among the many such transcendental lovers of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the gopīs are the best, and among the gopīs Śrīmatī Rādhikā is the best.
  • Śrīmatī Rādhikā is very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa, and similarly Her ponds, namely, Śyāma-kuṇḍa and Rādhā-kuṇḍa, are also very dear to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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

Collective delight. The Pañca-tattva gives divine love a relational and communal form.

The mood of Ādi 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features

Back to this verse in Ādi 7
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. yāṅ-sabāall
  2. lañātaking company
  3. prabhuraof the Lord
  4. nityaeternal
  5. vihārapastime
  6. yāṅ-sabāall those who are
  7. lañātaking company
  8. prabhuraof the Lord
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mellow”, “conjugal”

  • Audārya · Love that moves outward

    The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “distribute”, “distributes”

  • 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”

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 this progression teach me about the value of devotion beyond knowledge and liberation?

Practice

Set aside a brief moment today to remember the Lord and His eternal associates distributing love of God.

Live this todayEternal associates share the Lord’s loveThis 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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