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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.2
জয় জয় গৌরচন্দ্র জয় নিত্যানন্দ ।
জয়াদ্বৈতচন্দ্র জয় গৌরভক্তবৃন্দ ॥ ২ ॥
jaya jaya gauracandra jaya nityānanda
jayādvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vṛnda
All glories to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu! All glories to Lord Nityānanda! All glories to Advaitacandra! And all glories to all the devotees of the Lord!
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The verse offers all glories to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
It also offers all glories to Lord Nityānanda and Advaitacandra.
The praise includes all the devotees of the Lord.
Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 16 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Caitanya Mahāprabhu forbade Nityānanda to visit Nīlācala every year. Questioned by the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma, Caitanya Mahāprabhu again repeated the symptoms of a Vaiṣṇava.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does including all the devotees broaden your appreciation of this verse’s praise?
Recite the translation once today, offering its words of praise with attention.
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