1 · Learn4 of 6 · 5 min
Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.162
‘কানাঞির নাটশালা’ হৈতে আসিব ফিরিঞা ।
জানিবে পশ্চাৎ, কহিলু নিশ্চয় করিঞা ॥ ১৬২ ॥
‘kānāñira nāṭaśālā’ haite āsiba phiriñā
jānibe paścāt, kahilu niścaya kariñā
Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī said, “The Lord will go to Kānāi Nāṭaśālā and then will return. All of you will come to know of this later, but I now say this with great assurance.”
Read this verse on Vedabase.ioThis verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.
Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī said that the Lord would go to Kānāi Nāṭaśālā.
He stated that the Lord would then return.
He spoke with great assurance and told the others that they would come to know this later.
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:
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about the assurance with which Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī spoke?
Read his statement aloud once, noticing both what he predicted and when he said the others would know it.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
Ask Caitanya CaritamrtaHave a question about CC Madhya 1.162? Get an answer from the verses themselves.