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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 7.66

পুছিল, তোমার নাম ‘শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য’ ।

কেশব ভারতীর শিষ্য, তাতে তুমি ধন্য ॥ ৬৬ ॥

puchila, tomāra nāma ‘śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya’

keśava-bhāratīra śiṣya, tāte tumi dhanya

Translation

Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī then said, “I understand that Your name is Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya. You are a disciple of Śrī Keśava Bhāratī, and therefore You are glorious.

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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.

Honoring the Lord’s Name and Teacher

  1. 1

    Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī recognized the Lord’s name as Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya.

  2. 2

    He acknowledged that the Lord was a disciple of Śrī Keśava Bhāratī.

  3. 3

    Because of this discipleship, Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī addressed Him as glorious.

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. puchilainquired
  2. tomāraYour
  3. nāmaname
  4. śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanyathe name Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya
  5. keśava-bhāratīra śiṣyaYou are a disciple of Keśava Bhāratī
  6. tātein that connection
  7. tumiYou are
  8. dhanyaglorious
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I notice and honor a person’s relationship with their spiritual teacher?

Practice

Read the translation aloud once, carefully pronouncing Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Śrī Keśava Bhāratī.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todayHonoring the Lord’s Name and TeacherThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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