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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 13.2

জয় জয় শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য নিত্যানন্দ ।

জয়াদ্বৈতচন্দ্র জয় গৌরভক্তবৃন্দ ॥ ২ ॥

jaya jaya śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya nityānanda

jayādvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vṛnda

Translation

All glories to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Prabhu Nityānanda! All glories to Advaitacandra! And all glories to the devotees of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu!

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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.

Glorify the Lord and His Devotees

  1. 1

    The verse offers all glories to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Prabhu Nityānanda.

  2. 2

    It also offers all glories to Advaitacandra.

  3. 3

    Its praise includes all the devotees of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

How it feels

Public ecstasy with inward longing. The festival’s collective joy carries the profound Vraja mood of meeting and separation.

The mood of Madhya 13 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 13: The Ecstatic Dancing of the Lord at Ratha-yātrā

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

After bathing early in the morning, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw the deities (Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā) get aboard their three cars. This function is called Pāṇḍu-vijaya.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 13
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. jaya jayaall glories
  2. śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanyato Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. nityānandato Nityānanda Prabhu
  4. jayaall glories
  5. advaita-candrato Advaita Ācārya
  6. jayaall glories
  7. gaura-bhakta-vṛndato the devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this verse invite you to honor the devotees along with the Lord?

Practice

Recite the verse’s words of glorification once today, including its praise of the devotees.

Live this todayGlorify the Lord and His DevoteesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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