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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 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features
Ādi 7.166Ādi 7.168

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.167

সেতুবন্ধ পর্যন্ত কৈলা ভক্তির প্রচার ।

কৃষ্ণপ্রেম দিয়া কৈলা সবার নিস্তার ॥ ১৬৭ ॥

setubandha paryanta kailā bhaktira pracāra

kṛṣṇa-prema diyā kailā sabāra nistāra

Translation

Thus the Lord went to the southernmost tip of the Indian peninsula, known as Setubandha [Cape Comorin]. Everywhere He distributed the bhakti cult and love of Kṛṣṇa, and in this way He delivered everyone.

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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.

Sharing Devotion and Love of Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    The Lord traveled to Setubandha, the southernmost tip of the Indian peninsula.

  2. 2

    Everywhere He went, He distributed devotion and love of Kṛṣṇa.

  3. 3

    By distributing devotion and love of Kṛṣṇa, He delivered everyone.

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

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. setubandhathe place where Lord Rāmacandra constructed His bridge
  2. paryantaup to that place
  3. kailādid
  4. bhaktiraof the cult of devotional service
  5. pracārabroadcast
  6. kṛṣṇa-premalove of Kṛṣṇa
  7. diyādelivering
  8. kailādid
  9. sabāraeveryone
  10. nistāradeliverance
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Audārya · Love that moves outward

    The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “distributed”

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “delivered”

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love of krsna”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What touches you about the Lord distributing love of Kṛṣṇa everywhere?

Practice

Read the translation aloud today, pausing to reflect on the Lord’s gift of love of Kṛṣṇa.

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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 todaySharing Devotion and Love of KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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