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Nine Days of Pastimes with Devotees

“For nine continuous days His Lordship Śrī Jagannātha-deva stayed at the Guṇḍicā temple. During this time Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu also stayed there and performed the pastimes with His devotees that have already been described.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 14.104, translation

What the purport teaches

  • His Lordship Śrī Jagannātha-deva stayed at the Guṇḍicā temple for nine continuous days.
  • During this time, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu also stayed there.
  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed with His devotees the pastimes already described.

Try this today

Choose one of the pastimes just described and spend a minute recalling it today.

Ask yourself

How does knowing that these pastimes continued during a nine-day stay deepen your appreciation of them?

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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