Daily Caitanya-bhāgavata

Daily 1 1/2-hour Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata reading

Every day, we daily sing a different Bengali kirtan to Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu, recite the Caitanya-bhāgavata Maṅgalācaraṇa, go through a recap of the preview days' readings, read Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata with the Gauḍīya Bhāṣya (commentary) of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Prabhupāda for 1 hour, and have a little discussion at the end.

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Ādi-khaṇḍa

Click on the verse numbers below to see the YouTube video of the reading.

CHAPTER ONE • Summary of Lord Gaura’s Pastimes

Gaura-līlā-sūtra – গৌরলীলা-সূত্র

- 002 -
1.1–5
Maṅgalācaraṇa

- 003 -
1.6–10
Obeisance to the devotees before obeisance to the Lord.

- 004 -
1.11–22
no one more dear to Lord Caitanya than Nityānanda,

- 005 -
1.23–29
Śrī Baladeva Prabhu's Rāsa-līlā

- 006 -
1.30–42
Part 2: Śrī Baladeva Prabhu's Rāsa-līlā

- 007 -
1.43–57
The ways Balarāma serves Kṛṣṇa • Nārada glorifies Ananta

- 008 -
1.58–88
Nārada's glorification of Anantadeva (VDT's rendition

- 009 -
1.89–130
Synopsis of Ādi-khaṇḍa & half of Madhya-khaṇḍa

- 010 -
1.132–185
Synopsis of Madhya- and Antya-khaṇḍas

- 011 -
1.170–183
& Golden Volcano of Divine Love, Introduction

CHAPTER TWO • The Lord’s Appearance 

Prabhu Janma – প্রভু জন্ম

- 012 -
2.1–18
Why the Lord descends

- 013 -
2.19–37
The Lord's parikaras who descended before Him

- 014 -
2.36–66
Nitāi's appearance • Why the parikaras appear in impious places • Navadvīpa

- 015 -
2.67–85
The devotees’ distress at that time • The glories of Advaita Ācārya

- 016 -
2.86–127
Advaita's distress • Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura • The Lord prepares to advent

- 017 -
2.128–176
Balarāma & Kṛṣṇa descend • Jagannātha & Śacīdevī • Prayers of the demigods

- 018 -
2.177–208
Prayers of the demigods • Phālgunī Pūrṇimā

- 019 -
2.204–234
Gaura-janma-līlā + Cc (Ādi 12.98–124) Nadiyā Udaya-giri

CHAPTER THREE • Calculation of the Lord’s Horoscope 

Prabhur Koṣṭhī-gaṇan – প্রভুর কোষ্ঠীগণন

- 020a -
3.1–55
Calculating the Lord's Horoscope

- 020b -
3.1–55
[[Power went out!]] Calculating the Lord's Horoscope

CHAPTER FOUR • Name-giving Ceremony, Childhood Pastimes, and Thieves Kidnap the Lord

Prabhur Nāma-karana, Bāla-carita, Caurāpaharaṇ – প্রভুর নামকরণ-বালচরিত-চৌরাপহরণ

- 021 -
4.1–46
Name-giving Ceremony

- 022 -
4.47–143
Childhood Pastimes • Thieves Kidnap Nimai

CHAPTER FIVE • Eating the Mendicant Brāhmaṇa’s Offerings

Tairthika-viprānna-bhojan – তৈর্থিক-বিপ্রান্নভোজন

- 023 -
5.1–101
Eating the Mendicant Brāhmaṇa’s Offerings (PART 1

- 024 -
5.102–173
Eating the Mendicant Brāhmaṇa’s Offerings (PART 2)

CHAPTER SIX • The Lord Begins Studying and His Childhood Mischief

Prabhur Vidyārambha O Bāl Cāpalya – প্রভুর বিদ্যারম্ভ ও বাল চাপল্য

- 025 -
6.1–55
The Lord Begins Studying & Eats the Offering of Jagadiśa and Hiraṇya

- 026 -
6.56–139
Nimāi's Childhood Mischief

CHAPTER SEVEN • Śrī Viśvarūpa Takes Sannyāsa

Śrī Viśvarūpa-sannyāsa – শ্রীবিশ্বরূপ-সন্ন্যাস

- 027 -
7.1–56
Śacī Mā sends Nimāi to Advaita's house to bring Viśvarūpa home for lunch

- 028 -
7.57–151
Viśvarūpa takes sannyās • Jagannātha Miśra pulls Nimāi out of school

- 029 -
7.152–203
Nimāi instructs Śacī-devī while sitting on rejected clay pots

CHAPTER EIGHT • The Disappearance of Jagannātha Miśra

Miśrer Paraloka-gaman –মিশ্রের পরলোকগমন

- 030 -
8.1–36
Nimāi receives the braḥmaṇ thread, studies under Gaṅgādāsa Paṇḍit
His debates

- 031 -
8.37–108
Nimāi challenges senior students • Jagannātha Miśra's dream

- 032 -
8.92–183
Jagannātha Miśra's dream and departure • Nimāi smashes everything

- 033 -
8.184–207
Nimāi’s beauty & scholarship • The devotees’ distress on the people’s plight

CHAPTER NINE • Nityānanda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places

Śrī Nityānander Bālya-līlā-tīrtha-yātrā – শ্রীনিত্যানন্দের বাল্যলীলা-তীর্থযাত্রা

- 034 -
9.1–33
Nitāi and His friends enact the Lord's pastimes (PART 1)

- 035 -
9.34–100
Nitāi, along with His friends, enact the Lord's pastimes (PART 2)

- 036 -
9.101–189
Nityānanda’s Tīrtha-yātrā (Pt 1) • His meeting with Mādhavendra Purī

- 037 -
9.190–238
Nityānanda’s Tīrtha-yātrā (Pt 2)

CHAPTER TEN • Marriage with Śrī Lakṣmīpriyā

Śrī Lakṣmīpriyā-pariṇay – শ্রীলক্ষ্মীপ্রিয়া-পরিণয়

- 038 -
10.1–45
Nimāi Paṇḍita's vidyār-vilāsa • Nimāi challanges Murāri Gupta

- 039 -
10.46—131
Nimāi Marries Lakṣmī-priyā

CHAPTER ELEVEN • Meeting with Śrī Īśvara Purī

Śrīmad Īśvara Puri Milan – শ্রীমদীশ্বরপুরী-মিলন

- 040 -
11.1—27
Seeing Nimāi Paṇḍita, the Vaiṣṇavas felt both jubilation and lamentation

- 041 -
11.28—51
Devotees run away from Nimāi in fear of wasting time in useless argument

- 042 -
11.52—68
The atheists criticize the devotees • Advaita’s anger and proclamation

- 043 -
11.69—127
Meeting with Śrī Īśvara Purī

CHAPTER TWELVE • The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvīpa

Prabhur Nagara-bhramaṇ – প্রভুর নগর-ভ্রমণ

- 044 -
12.1–62
Nimāi defeats Mukunda in alaṅkāra • Nimāi asks Gadādhara to define mukti

- 045 -
12.63–145
Nimāi’s prem-vikār on the pretext of a gastric disorder • Wandering Navadvīpa

- 046 -
Kishor's glorification of Śrīla Prabhupāda & 12.146–164

Nimāi goes to an astrologer

- 047 -
12.165–205
Nimāi playfully argues with Kolā-becā Śrīdhara

- 048 -
12.206–287

CHAPTER THIRTEEN • Defeating Digvijayī

Dig-vijayi-parājay – দিগ্বিজয়ি-পরাজয়

- 049 -
13.1–72
The Dig-vijaya Paṇḍita arrives in Navadvīpa to defeat the scholars there

- 050 -
13.73–135
Nimāi requests the Dig-vijayī to describe Gaṅgā’s glory • He is humiliated

- 051 -
13.136–209
After hearing from Sarasvatī Dig-vijayī returns to Nimāi • Nimāi instructs him

CHAPTER FOURTEEN • The Lord’s Travel to East Bengal and the Disappearance of Lakṣmīpriyā

Prabhur Baṅga-deśa-vijay O Lakṣmīdevīr Tirodhān – প্রভুর বঙ্গদেশ-বিজয় ও লক্ষ্মীদেবীর তিরোধান

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Marriage with Śrī Viṣṇupriyā

পঞ্চদশ – শরীবিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া-পরিণয়

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

The Glories of Śrī Haridāsa Ṭhākura

ষোড়শ – শ্রীহরিদাস-মহিমা

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

The Lord’s Travel to Gayā

সপ্তদশ – প্রভুর গয়া-গমন