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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 Antya 10.4

অদ্বৈত আচার্য-গোসাঞি — সর্ব-অগ্রগণ্য ।

আচার্যরত্ন, আচার্যনিধি, শ্রীবাস আদি ধন্য ॥ ৪ ॥

advaitācārya-gosāñi — sarva-agra-gaṇya

ācāryaratna, ācāryanidhi, śrīvāsa ādi dhanya

Translation

Advaita Ācārya Gosāñi led the party from Bengal. He was followed by Ācāryaratna, Ācāryanidhi, Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura and other glorious devotees.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

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  1. 1

    Advaita Ācārya Gosāñi led the party of devotees from Bengal.

  2. 2

    Ācāryaratna, Ācāryanidhi and Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura followed him.

  3. 3

    Other glorious devotees also joined this journey to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

How it feels

Tender service. Food prepared and carried with love becomes a medium of intimate exchange.

The mood of Antya 10 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 10: Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Accepts Prasādam from His Devotees

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

The following summary of chapter ten is given by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. Before the Ratha-yātrā ceremony, all the devotees from Bengal started for Jagannātha Purī as usual.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. advaita-ācārya-gosāñiAdvaita Ācārya Gosvāmī
  2. sarvaof all
  3. agrathe chief
  4. gaṇyato be counted
  5. ācāryaratnaCandraśekhara
  6. ācāryanidhiPuṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi
  7. śrīvāsaŚrīvāsa Ṭhākura
  8. ādiand so on
  9. dhanyaglorious
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts

    Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “party”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can sharing devotional activities with others encourage me?

Practice

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