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Keśava Chatrī Describes a Traveling Mendicant

“Keśava Chatrī informed the Muslim king that Caitanya Mahāprabhu was a mendicant touring different places of pilgrimage and that, as such, only a few people came to see Him.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 1.172, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Keśava Chatrī told the Muslim king that Caitanya Mahāprabhu was a mendicant.
  • He described Him as touring different places of pilgrimage.
  • He told the king that only a few people came to see Him.

Try this today

Reread the report and identify the three details Keśava Chatrī chose to share.

Ask yourself

What impression of Caitanya Mahāprabhu would this report give the king?

Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.

The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.

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