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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.12
তার মধ্যে ছয় বৎসর—গমনাগমন ।
কভু দক্ষিণ, কভু গৌড়, কভু বৃন্দাবন ॥ ১২ ॥
tāra madhye chaya vatsara — gamanāgamana
kabhu dakṣiṇa, kabhu gauḍa, kabhu vṛndāvana
Of these last twenty-four years, He spent the first six continually touring India, sometimes in South India, sometimes in Bengal and sometimes in Vṛndāvana.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Of His last twenty-four years, He spent the first six continually touring India.
Sometimes He traveled in South India and sometimes in Bengal.
At other times, He traveled in Vṛndāvana.
Jubilation and hope. The Lord appears in Navadvīpa; the theological promise becomes a lived story.
The mood of Ādi 13 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Within the Lord’s antya-līlā, the first six years of His sannyāsa life are called the madhya-līlā. During this time, Caitanya Mahāprabhu toured southern India, went to Vṛndāvana, returned from Vṛndāvana and preached the saṅkīrtana movement.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 13
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What picture of His first six years emerges from the words “continually touring”?
Write down the three places named in this verse and the length of His touring period.
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