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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 17: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Youth
Ādi 17.46Ādi 17.48

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.47

গঙ্গাঘাটে বৃক্ষতলে রহে ত’ বসিয়া ।

এক দিন বলে কিছু প্রভুকে দেখিয়া ॥ ৪৭ ॥

gaṅgā-ghāṭe vṛkṣa-tale rahe ta’ vasiyā

eka dina bale kichu prabhuke dekhiyā

Translation

Since leprosy is an infectious disease, Gopāla Cāpāla left the village to sit down on the bank of the Ganges underneath a tree. One day, however, he saw Caitanya Mahāprabhu passing by and spoke to Him as follows.

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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.

An Encounter Beside the Ganges

  1. 1

    The translation explains that Gopāla Cāpāla left the village because leprosy is infectious.

  2. 2

    He sat beneath a tree on the bank of the Ganges.

  3. 3

    One day he saw Caitanya Mahāprabhu passing by and began to speak to Him.

How it feels

Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.

The mood of Ādi 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 17: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Youth

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Vivid descriptions of some portions of His pastimes are seen in this chapter, however, because Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has not elaborately described them. In this chapter we shall find descriptions of the mango distribution festival and Lord Caitanya’s discourses with Chand Kazi.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. gaṅgā-ghāṭeon the bank of the Ganges
  2. vṛkṣa-taleunderneath a tree
  3. raheremains
  4. ta’certainly
  5. vasiyāsitting
  6. eka dinaone day
  7. balesays
  8. kichusomething
  9. prabhukethe Lord
  10. dekhiyāseeing
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to me about Gopāla Cāpāla speaking to Caitanya Mahāprabhu in this situation?

Practice

Reread the verse slowly, noting Gopāla Cāpāla’s location and the encounter that occurred there.

Live this todayAn Encounter Beside the GangesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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