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  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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth
Madhya 20.200Madhya 20.202

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.201

আশ্বিনে — পদ্মনাভ, কার্তিকে — দামোদর ।

‘রাধা-দামোদর’ অন্য ব্রজেন্দ্র-কোঙর ॥ ২০১ ॥

āśvine — padmanābha, kārtike dāmodara

‘rādhā-dāmodara’ anya vrajendra-koṅara

Translation

“In the month of Āśvina, the predominating Deity is Padmanābha, and in Kārttika it is Dāmodara. This Dāmodara is different from Rādhā-Dāmodara, the son of Nanda Mahārāja in Vṛndāvana.

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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.

The Dāmodara of Kārttika Is Distinct

  1. 1

    Padmanābha is the predominating Deity of Āśvina.

  2. 2

    Dāmodara is the predominating Deity of Kārttika.

  3. 3

    This Dāmodara is different from Rādhā-Dāmodara, the son of Nanda Mahārāja in Vṛndāvana.

How it feels

Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.

The mood of Madhya 20 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

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

Thus Sanātana Gosvāmī finally arrived at Vārāṇasī and stood before the door of Candraśekhara. Caitanya Mahāprabhu called him in and ordered him to change his dress so that he would look like a gentleman.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. āśvinein the month of Āśvina (September-October)
  2. padmanābhaPadmanābha
  3. kārtikein the month of Kārttika (October-November)
  4. dāmodaraDāmodara
  5. rādhā-dāmodarathe Dāmodara of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
  6. anyaanother
  7. vrajendra-koṅarathe son of Mahārāja Nanda
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “vṛndāvana”, “nanda”

  • Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose

    The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “rādhā-dāmodara”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What distinction does this verse ask you to remember about Dāmodara?

Practice

Write one sentence distinguishing the Dāmodara of Kārttika from Rādhā-Dāmodara.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todayThe Dāmodara of Kārttika Is DistinctThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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