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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.117
তাহাঞি করিল কূর্মপুরাণ শ্রবণ ।
মায়াসীতা নিলেক রাবণ, তাহাতে লিখন ॥ ১১৭ ॥
tāhāñi karila kūrma-purāṇa śravaṇa
māyā-sītā nileka rāvaṇa, tāhāte likhana
At Rāmeśvara, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had a chance to read the Kūrma Purāṇa, in which He discovered that the form of Sītā kidnapped by Rāvaṇa was not that of the real Sītā but a mere shadow representation.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
At Rāmeśvara, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu read the Kūrma Purāṇa. He discovered that Rāvaṇa had kidnapped a shadow representation of Sītā, not the real Sītā.
The Kūrma Purāṇa states that this shadowy Sītā was placed into a fire as a test of chastity.
Māyā-sītā entered the fire, and the real Sītā came out of the fire.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the account in the Kūrma Purāṇa clarify what happened to Sītā?
Write one sentence distinguishing Māyā-sītā from the real Sītā in this account.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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