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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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 5: How Pradyumna Miśra Received Instructions from Rāmānanda Rāya
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.3

জয়াদ্বৈত কৃপাসিন্ধু জয় ভক্তগণ ।

জয় স্বরূপ, গদাধর, রূপ, সনাতন ॥ ৩ ॥

jayādvaita kṛpā-sindhu jaya bhakta-gaṇa

jaya svarūpa, gadādhara, rūpa, sanātana

Translation

I offer my respectful obeisances unto Advaita Prabhu, the ocean of mercy, and to all the devotees, such as Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, Gadādhara Paṇḍita, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī.

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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 Respect to the Devotees

  1. 1

    The speaker offers respectful obeisances to Advaita Prabhu, calling Him an ocean of mercy.

  2. 2

    His respectful obeisances extend to all the devotees.

  3. 3

    He names Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, Gadādhara Paṇḍita, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī among those devotees.

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:

The following summary of the fifth chapter is given by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. Pradyumna Miśra, a resident of Śrīhaṭṭa, came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to hear from Him about Lord Kṛṣṇa and His pastimes.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. jaya advaitaall glories to Advaita Prabhu
  2. kṛpā-sindhuthe ocean of mercy
  3. jaya bhakta-gaṇaall glories to the devotees
  4. jaya svarūpaall glories to Svarūpa Dāmodara
  5. gadādharaGadādhara Paṇḍita
  6. rūpaRūpa Gosvāmī
  7. sanātanaSanātana Gosvāmī
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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: “mercy”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I make my expression of respect for the devotees more attentive?

Practice

Read the names in this verse slowly and offer respectful obeisances to the devotees.

Live this todayOffer Respect to the DevoteesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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