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Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta
TEXT 10
দুই শাখার উপশাখার তাঁ-সবার গণন ।  
 যাঁর গৃহে মহাপ্রভুর সদা সংকীর্তম ॥ ১০ ॥
dui śākhāra upaśākhāya tāṅ-sabāra gaṇana 
  yāṅra gṛhe mahāprabhura sadā saṅkīrtana
SYNONYMS
dui śākhāra —of the two branches;  upaśākhāya —on the sub-branches;  tāṅ-sabāra —of all of them;  gaṇana —counting;  yāṅra gṛhe —in whose house;  mahāprabhura —of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  sadā —always;  saṅkīrtana —congregational chanting.
TRANSLATION
There is no counting the sub-branches of these two branches. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu held congregational chanting daily at the house of Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita.
TEXT 11
চারি ভাই সবংশে করে চৈত্রম্যের সেবা ।  
 গৌরচন্দ্র বিশা মাহি আমে দেবী-দেবা ॥ ১১ ॥
cāri bhāi sa-vaṁśe kare caitanyera sevā 
  gauracandra vinā nāhi jāne devī-devā
SYNONYMS
cāri bhāi —four brothers;  sa-vaṁśe —with all family members;  kare —do;  caitanyera —of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  sevā —service;  gauracandra —Gaurasundara (Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu);  vinā —except;  nāhi jāne —they do not know;  devī —goddess;  devā —or god.
TRANSLATION
These four brothers and their family members fully engaged in the service of Lord Caitanya. They knew no other god or goddess.
PURPORT
Śrīla Narottama dāsa Thākura has said,  anya-devāśraya nāi, tomāre kahinu bhāi, ei bhakti paraṁa-kāraṇa:  if one wants to become a pure, staunch devotee, one should not take shelter of any of the demigods or goddesses. Foolish Māyāvādīs say that worshiping demigods is as good as worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but that is not a fact. This philosophy misleads people to atheism. One