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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 7.44

উপেক্ষা করিয়া কৈল মথুরা গমন ।

মথুরা দেখিয়া পুনঃ কৈল আগমন ॥ ৪৪ ॥

upekṣā kariyā kaila mathurā gamana

mathurā dekhiyā punaḥ kaila āgamana

Translation

Thus neglecting the blasphemy of the Vārāṇasī Māyāvādīs, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu proceeded to Mathurā, and after visiting Mathurā He returned to meet the situation.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Choose the Time to Explain

  1. 1

    Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu neglected the blasphemy of the Vārāṇasī Māyāvādīs and proceeded to Mathurā.

  2. 2

    He did not speak with the Māyāvādī philosophers on His first visit to Vārāṇasī. After visiting Mathurā, He returned to meet the situation.

  3. 3

    His purpose in returning was to convince them of the real purport of Vedānta.

Key points from the purport
  • Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu did not talk with the Māyāvādī philosophers when He first visited Vārāṇasī, but He returned there from Mathurā to convince them of the real purport of Vedānta.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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. upekṣāneglecting them
  2. kariyādoing so
  3. kailadid
  4. mathurāthe town named Mathurā
  5. gamanatraveling
  6. mathurāMathurā
  7. dekhiyāafter seeing it
  8. punaḥagain
  9. kaila āgamanacame back
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Can I wait for a suitable time to explain a spiritual teaching rather than respond immediately?

Practice

If a spiritual disagreement arises today, pause before responding and consider whether a later conversation would be more useful.

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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 todayChoose the Time to ExplainThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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