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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 6.185

ছত্রভোগ পার হঞা ছাড়িয়া সরাণ ।

কুগ্রাম দিয়া দিয়া করিল প্রয়াণ ॥ ১৮৫ ॥

chatrabhoga pāra hañā chāḍiyā sarāṇa

kugrāma diyā diyā karila prayāṇa

Translation

He crossed Chatrabhoga, but instead of going on the general path, he proceeded on the path that went from village to village.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

A Village Route Through Chatrabhoga

  1. 1

    Raghunātha dāsa crossed Chatrabhoga and took a path from village to village instead of the general path.

  2. 2

    The purport identifies Chatrabhoga as Chāḍa-khāḍi in the district of Twenty-four Parganas in West Bengal, near Jayanagara-majilapura.

  3. 3

    The Ganges or some of its branches formerly flowed through this region. The purport distinguishes this place from a village on the Kāṅsāi-nadī in Benāpola with which it is sometimes confused.

Key points from the purport
  • Chatrabhoga, known now as Chāḍa-khāḍi, is in the district of Twenty-four Parganas in West Bengal.
  • It is situated near the celebrated village Jayanagara-majilapura.
  • Sometimes Chatrabhoga is misunderstood to have been a village on the river Kāṅsāi-nadī in Benāpola.

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

Longing fulfilled. Raghunātha’s sustained desire for the Lord culminates in arrival, shelter, and renunciation.

The mood of Antya 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 6: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī

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

Not touching the general path, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī secretly went to Jagannātha Purī. After twelve days, he arrived in Jagannātha Purī at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. chatra-bhogathe place named Chatrabhoga
  2. pāra hañācrossing
  3. chāḍiyāgiving up
  4. sarāṇathe royal road
  5. kugrāma diyā diyāgoing through village pathways
  6. karila prayāṇaproceeded
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts

    Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “branches”

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

How does the purport’s geographical clarification help me read the account carefully?

Practice

Write a short note identifying Chatrabhoga as Chāḍa-khāḍi, near Jayanagara-majilapura.

Live this todayA Village Route Through ChatrabhogaThis 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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