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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 6.63

উদ্ধারণ দত্ত আদি যত নিজগণ ।

উপরে বসিলা সব, কে করে গণন ? ৬৩ ।। ॥ ৬৩ ॥

uddhāraṇa datta ādi yata nija-gaṇa

upare vasilā saba, ke kare gaṇana?

Translation

Similarly, Uddhāraṇa Datta Ṭhākura and many other personal associates of the Lord sat on the raised platform with Nityānanda Prabhu. No one could count them all.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Countless Associates, Carefully Identified

  1. 1

    Uddhāraṇa Datta Ṭhākura and many other personal associates sat on the raised platform with Nityānanda Prabhu. No one could count them all.

  2. 2

    Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura describes these devotees in his Anubhāṣya. The purport supplies Ādi-līlā references for further information.

  3. 3

    The Murāri mentioned here is Murāri Caitanya dāsa, a personal associate of Nityānanda Prabhu. He is different from Murāri Gupta.

Key points from the purport
  • The devotees mentioned herein are described by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura in his Anubhāṣya.
  • Murāri — The Murāri mentioned herein is different from Murāri Gupta.
  • His full name is Murāri Caitanya dāsa, and he is a personal associate of Nityānanda Prabhu.

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

Longing fulfilled. Raghunātha’s sustained desire for the Lord culminates in arrival, shelter, and renunciation.

The mood of Antya 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 6: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī

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

Then Raghunātha dāsa went to Pānihāṭi, and following the order of Nityānanda Prabhu, he observed a festival ( ciḍā-dadhi-mahotsava ) by distributing chipped rice mixed with yogurt. The day after the festival, Nityānanda Prabhu gave Raghunātha dāsa the blessing that he would very soon attain the shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. uddhāraṇa dattaUddhāraṇa Datta
  2. ādiand similar, other persons
  3. yata nija gaṇaall personal associates
  4. upareabove
  5. vasilāsat down
  6. sabaall
  7. kewho
  8. kare gaṇanacan count
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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

Why is it helpful to distinguish carefully between devotees with similar names?

Practice

Make a short note that Murāri here is Murāri Caitanya dāsa, not Murāri Gupta.

Live this todayCountless Associates, Carefully IdentifiedThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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