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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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 1: The Later Pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Madhya 1.158Madhya 1.160

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.159

শীতল সমীর বহে নানা গন্ধ লঞা ।

‘কানাইর নাটশালা’ পর্যন্ত লইল বান্ধিঞা ॥ ১৫৯ ॥

śītala samīra vahe nānā gandha lañā

‘kānāira nāṭaśālā’ paryanta la-ila bāndhiñā

Translation

The entire road was surcharged with many cool breezes, which carried the fragrances from various flowers. He carried the construction of this road as far as Kānāi Nāṭaśālā.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Road Reaches Kānāi Nāṭaśālā

  1. 1

    Many cool breezes filled the entire road, carrying fragrances from various flowers.

  2. 2

    He carried the road’s construction as far as Kānāi Nāṭaśālā.

  3. 3

    The purport locates Kānāi Nāṭaśālā about two hundred miles from Calcutta on the Loop line of the Eastern Railway. It is about two miles from the station named Tālajhāḍi.

Key points from the purport
  • Kānāi Nāṭaśālā is about two hundred miles from Calcutta on the Loop line of the Eastern Railway.
  • The railway station is named Tālajhāḍi, and after one gets off at that station, he has to go about two miles to find Kānāi Nāṭaśālā.

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:

Because he wrote that verse, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was specifically blessed by the Lord. There is also a description of the many books written by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī.
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. śītalavery cool
  2. samīrabreezes
  3. vaheblowing
  4. nānāvarious
  5. gandhafragrances
  6. lañācarrying
  7. kānāira nāṭa-śālāthe place named Kānāi Nāṭaśālā
  8. paryantaas far as
  9. la-ilacarried
  10. bāndhiñāconstructing
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do the cool, fragrant breezes add to your picture of the road?

Practice

Pause for a minute to picture the flower-scented breezes along the road reaching Kānāi Nāṭaśālā.

Live this todayThe Road Reaches Kānāi NāṭaśālāThis 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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