Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 17.190
Bathing at the Yamunā’s Twenty-Four Ghats
“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bathed in the twenty-four ghats along the banks of the Yamunā, and the brāhmaṇa showed Him all the places of pilgrimage.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bathed in the twenty-four ghats along the Yamunā, and the brāhmaṇa showed Him the places of pilgrimage.
- Ghats are bathing places. The purport names twenty-four along the Yamunā.
- These include Avimukta, Dhruva-ghāṭa, Kṛṣṇa-gaṅgā, Akrūra-tīrtha and Daśāśvamedha.
Try this today
Choose three ghats from the purport and read their names aloud slowly.
Ask yourself
How does learning the names of these bathing places help you attend to the Lord’s journey?
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.