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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 5.2

জয় জয় শচীসুত শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য ।

জয় জয় কৃপাময় নিত্যানন্দ ধন্য ॥ ২ ॥

jaya jaya śacī-suta śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya

jaya jaya kṛpā-maya nityānanda dhanya

Translation

All glories to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the son of mother Śacī! All glories to Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu! Indeed, He is the most glorious and merciful.

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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.

Offer Praise to the Merciful Lords

  1. 1

    The verse offers all glories to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is lovingly identified as the son of mother Śacī.

  3. 3

    The verse also glorifies Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, declaring Him most glorious and merciful.

How it feels

Humility and discernment. The Lord directs a seeker to Rāmānanda and clarifies genuine spiritual qualification.

The mood of Antya 5 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 5: How Pradyumna Miśra Received Instructions from Rāmānanda Rāya

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

Pradyumna Miśra, a resident of Śrīhaṭṭa, came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to hear from Him about Lord Kṛṣṇa and His pastimes. The Lord, however, sent him to Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. jaya jayaall glories
  2. śacī-sutato the son of mother Śacī
  3. śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanyaŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. jaya jayaall glories
  5. kṛpā-mayato the most merciful
  6. nityānanda dhanyathe glorious Śrīla Nityānanda Prabhu
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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: “merciful”

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

How can remembering Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu’s mercy shape my praise?

Practice

Read the verse’s words of praise aloud once, giving attention to the word “merciful.”

Live this todayOffer Praise to the Merciful LordsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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