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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 13: The Advent of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Ādi 13.36Ādi 13.38

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.37

এই ‘মধ্যলীলা’ নাম—লীলা–মুখ্যধাম ।

শেষ অষ্টাদশ বর্ষ—‘অন্ত্যলীলা’ নাম ॥ ৩৭ ॥

ei ‘madhya-līlā’ nāma — līlā-mukhyadhāma

śeṣa aṣṭādaśa varṣa — ‘antya-līlā’ nāma

Translation

The activities of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His travels after He accepted sannyāsa are His principal pastimes. His activities during His remaining eighteen years are called the antya-līlā, or the final portion of His pastimes.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Understanding the Periods of His Pastimes

  1. 1

    Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu traveled after accepting sannyāsa.

  2. 2

    His activities during these travels are His principal pastimes.

  3. 3

    His activities during the remaining eighteen years are called antya-līlā, the final portion of His pastimes.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Ādi 13: The Advent of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. eithese
  2. madhya-līlā nāmanamed the middle pastimes
  3. līlāpastimes
  4. mukhya-dhāmaprincipal place
  5. śeṣalast
  6. aṣṭādaśaeighteen
  7. varṣayears
  8. antya-līlāthe final pastimes
  9. nāmanamed
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does distinguishing these periods help you follow the account of His pastimes?

Practice

Write down the meaning of antya-līlā given in this translation.

Live this todayUnderstanding the Periods of His PastimesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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