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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 1.159Madhya 1.161

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.160

আগে মন নাহি চলে, না পারে বান্ধিতে ।

পথ বান্ধা না যায়, নৃসিংহ হৈলা বিস্মিতে ॥ ১৬০ ॥

āge mana nāhi cale, nā pāre bāndhite

patha-bāndhā nā yāya, nṛsiṁha hailā vismite

Translation

Within the mind of Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī, the road could not be constructed beyond Kānāi Nāṭaśālā. He could not understand why the road’s construction could not be completed, and thus he was astonished.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

An Unexpected Limit Brings Astonishment

  1. 1

    Within Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī’s mind, the road could not be constructed beyond Kānāi Nāṭaśālā.

  2. 2

    He could not understand why the construction could not be completed.

  3. 3

    This unexpected limit left him astonished.

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. āgebeyond this
  2. manathe mind
  3. nāhidoes not
  4. calego
  5. nāis not
  6. pāreable
  7. bāndhiteto construct the road
  8. patha-bāndhāconstruction of the road
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How do you respond when something you are trying to complete stops for reasons you do not understand?

Practice

Write one sentence describing Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī’s astonishment without adding an explanation the verse does not give.

Live this todayAn Unexpected Limit Brings AstonishmentThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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