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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.155

বারাণসীপুরী আইলা শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য ।

পুরীসহ সর্বলোক হৈল মহাধন্য ॥ ১৫৫ ॥

vārāṇasī-purī āilā śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya

purī-saha sarva-loka haila mahā-dhanya

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited the city of Vārāṇasī, and all of its people were very thankful.

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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.

Gratitude for the Lord’s Visit

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited Vārāṇasī.

  2. 2

    The people of the city were very thankful for His visit.

  3. 3

    The translation says that all of its people shared this gratitude.

How it feels

Collective delight. The Pañca-tattva gives divine love a relational and communal form.

The mood of Ādi 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features

Back to this verse in Ādi 7
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. vārāṇasīof the name Vārāṇasī
  2. purīcity
  3. āilācame
  4. śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanyaLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  5. purīcity
  6. sahawith
  7. sarva-lokaall the people
  8. hailabecame
  9. mahā-dhanyathankful
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the people’s thankfulness invite me to reflect on my own gratitude toward the Lord?

Practice

Write one sentence expressing your appreciation for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todayGratitude for the Lord’s VisitThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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