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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 Madhya 1.115

অনন্ত, পুরুষোত্তম, শ্রীজনার্দন ।

পদ্মনাভ, বাসুদেব কৈল দরশন ॥ ১১৫ ॥

ananta, puruṣottama, śrī-janārdana

padmanābha, vāsudeva kaila daraśana

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then visited the Viṣṇu temples of Anantadeva, Puruṣottama, Śrī Janārdana, Padmanābha and Vāsudeva.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Visiting the Temples of Viṣṇu

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited the Viṣṇu temples of Anantadeva, Puruṣottama, Śrī Janārdana, Padmanābha and Vāsudeva.

  2. 2

    The famous temple of Ananta Padmanābha Viṣṇu is situated in the Trivandrum district, also called Thiruvananthapuram.

  3. 3

    The Śrī Janārdana temple is about twenty-six miles north of the Trivandrum district, near the railway station called Varkālā.

Key points from the purport
  • A temple of Ananta Padmanābha Viṣṇu is situated in the Trivandrum district (Thiruvananthapuram).
  • This temple is very famous in those quarters.

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

Anticipation and hidden longing. The author previews later pastimes, including the inner Vraja mood expressed at Ratha-yātrā.

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

Further reading

Madhya 1: The Later Pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

There is also a description of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstasy that occurred when He recited the verse beginning yaḥ kaumāra-haraḥ, as well as a description of how that ecstasy was explained in the verse beginning priyaḥ so ’yaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ, by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. Because he wrote that verse, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was specifically blessed by the Lord.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. anantaAnantadeva
  2. puruṣottamaPuruṣottama
  3. śrī-janārdanaŚrī Janārdana
  4. padma-nābhaPadmanābha
  5. vāsudevaVāsudeva
  6. kailadid
  7. daraśanavisit
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which of the Viṣṇu temples mentioned here would you like to remember?

Practice

Read aloud the names of the five Viṣṇu temples Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited.

Live this todayVisiting the Temples of ViṣṇuThis 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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