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Ādi-khaṇḍa — Full English Translation

Vṛndāvana Dāsa Ṭhākura's root text with Dr. Rādhāgovinda Nātha's Bengali Nitāi-karuṇā-kallolinī commentary, translated in full from OCR of the scanned book. This edition of the Ādi-khaṇḍa runs to twelve chapters (a different, and older, division than the 17-chapter scheme used for the verse-only text elsewhere on this site) — see the Introduction (Bhūmikā) for the same author's account of the book as a whole.

1. Chapter 1The Life of Śrī Caitanya, in Brief

   The maṅgalācaraṇa invocation; the glory of Śrī Nityānanda as Balarāma and of Ananta-Śeṣa; a condensed preview of the whole of Śrī Caitanya's life.

2. Chapter 2The Advent of Śrī Gaurāṅga

   Brahmā and Śiva's hymn of praise foretelling the avatāra; the eclipse-night birth at Navadvīpa; the horoscope and naming of Viśvambhara.

3. Chapter 3Childhood Pastimes

   The two thieves led home by yogamāyā; the mysterious footprints; the traveling brāhmaṇa's vision of the Lord's eight-armed form.

4. Chapter 4The Play of Childhood

   Hātē-khaḍi and the wonder of His first writing; the riotous play at the Gaṅgā-ghāṭ; Jagannātha Miśra's anger and the Lord's clever escape.

5. Chapter 5Boyhood Mischief

   Further pranks and wonders of the growing child; the discourse to Śacī-mātā on the purity of whatever is touched in Kṛṣṇa's service.

6. Chapter 6Nityānanda's Wandering, I

   Śrī Nityānanda's life as a turīyātīta avadhūta; His pilgrimage through South India; the meeting with Mādhavendra Purī.

7. Chapter 7Nityānanda's Wandering, II

   The continuing companionship of Nityānanda and Mādhavendra Purī, and Mādhavendra's meeting with Īśvara Purī.

8. Chapter 8The Scholar of Navadvīpa

   Śrī Gaurāṅga's touring of the city as a brilliant young paṇḍita, and His marriage to Lakṣmīpriyā.

9. Chapter 9The Digvijayī Humbled

   The world-conquering logician's arrival at Navadvīpa, his defeat in debate by Nimāi Paṇḍita, and the astonishment of the whole town.

10. Chapter 10The Wedding of Viṣṇupriyā

    Following Lakṣmīpriyā's early passing, the Lord's second marriage — the full wedding-day narrative, in Rādhāgovinda Nātha's characteristically expansive telling.

11. Chapter 11Haridāsa Ṭhākura

    The great serpent in Haridāsa's cave; his persecution by the Kazi of Phuliyā; his glory as an eternal associate of the Lord despite his birth.

12. Chapter 12The Journey to Gayā

    The final chapter: the Lord's journey to Gayā, His initiation by Īśvara Purī, His first taste of separation from Kṛṣṇa, and His transformed return to Navadvīpa.

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