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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 Madhya 11.127

অদ্বৈত করিল প্রভুর চরণ বন্দন ।

আচার্যেরে কৈল প্রভু প্রেম-আলিঙ্গন ॥ ১২৭ ॥

advaita karila prabhura caraṇa vandana

ācāryere kaila prabhu prema-āliṅgana

Translation

First Advaita Ācārya offered prayers to the lotus feet of the Lord, and the Lord immediately embraced Him in ecstatic love.

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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.

Prayers Answered with a Loving Embrace

  1. 1

    Advaita Ācārya was the first to offer prayers.

  2. 2

    He offered those prayers to the lotus feet of the Lord.

  3. 3

    The Lord immediately embraced Him in ecstatic love.

How it feels

Communal anticipation. Arriving devotees, kīrtana, and longing to meet the Lord converge.

The mood of Madhya 11 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 11: The Beḍā-kīrtana Pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

While Advaita Ācārya and the other devotees were coming to Jagannātha Purī, Svarūpa Dāmodara and Govinda, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s two personal assistants, went to receive all the devotees with garlands. From the roof of his palace, King Pratāparudra could see all the devotees arriving.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. advaitaAdvaita Ācārya
  2. kariladid
  3. prabhuraof Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. caraṇaof the lotus feet
  5. vandanaworship
  6. ācāryereunto Advaita Ācārya
  7. kailadid
  8. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  9. prema-āliṅganaembracing in ecstatic love
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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: “embraced”

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “ecstatic love”

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lotus feet”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What touches me about the Lord’s immediate, loving response to Advaita Ācārya?

Practice

Take a quiet moment today to offer a short prayer to the Lord.

Live this todayPrayers Answered with a Loving EmbraceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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