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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 Antya 1.67

কৃষ্ণোঽন্যো যদুসম্ভূতো যঃ পূর্ণঃ সোঽস্ত্যতঃ পরঃ ।

বৃন্দাবনং পরিত্যজ্য স ক্কচিন্নৈব গচ্ছতি ॥ ৬৭ ॥

kṛṣṇo ’nyo yadu-sambhūto

yaḥ pūrṇaḥ so ’sty ataḥ paraḥ

vṛndāvanaṁ parityajya

sa kvacin naiva gacchati

Translation

“ ‘The Kṛṣṇa known as Yadu-kumāra is Vāsudeva Kṛṣṇa. He is different from the Kṛṣṇa who is the son of Nanda Mahārāja. Yadu-kumāra Kṛṣṇa manifests His pastimes in the cities of Mathurā and Dvārakā, but Kṛṣṇa the son of Nanda Mahārāja never at any time leaves Vṛndāvana.’”

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Distinguishing Kṛṣṇa’s Pastimes and Places

  1. 1

    The Kṛṣṇa known as Yadu-kumāra is Vāsudeva Kṛṣṇa, distinguished here from Kṛṣṇa the son of Nanda Mahārāja.

  2. 2

    Yadu-kumāra Kṛṣṇa manifests His pastimes in Mathurā and Dvārakā. The son of Nanda Mahārāja never leaves Vṛndāvana.

  3. 3

    The purport identifies this verse as included in Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse is included in the Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta (1.5.461), by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

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

Recognition and encouragement. Rūpa’s devotional insight receives the Lord’s approval; even a dog receives mercy.

The mood of Antya 1 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 1: Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Second Meeting with the Lord

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

Meanwhile, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī reached Bengal, after returning from Vṛndāvana. Although he could not follow the Bengali devotees, after some time he also came to Jagannātha Purī, where he stayed with Haridāsa Ṭhākura.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 1
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kṛṣṇaḥLord Kṛṣṇa
  2. anyaḥanother (Lord Vāsudeva)
  3. yadu-sambhūtaḥborn in the Yadu dynasty
  4. yaḥwho
  5. pūrṇaḥthe full Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa
  6. saḥHe
  7. astiis
  8. ataḥthan Him (Vāsudeva)
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “vṛndāvana”, “nanda”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Can you explain the distinction this verse makes without mixing the places of these pastimes?

Practice

Write two short lines pairing Yadu-kumāra with Mathurā and Dvārakā, and the son of Nanda Mahārāja with Vṛndāvana.

Live this todayDistinguishing Kṛṣṇa’s Pastimes and PlacesThis 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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