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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 1.16Madhya 1.18

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.17

সন্ন্যাস করিয়া চব্বিশ বৎসর অবস্থান ।

তাহাঁ যেই লীলা, তার ‘শেষলীলা’ নাম ॥ ১৭ ॥

sannyāsa kariyā cabbiśa vatsara avasthāna

tāhāṅ yei līlā, tāra ‘śeṣa-līlā’ nāma

Translation

After accepting sannyāsa, Lord Caitanya remained within this material world for another twenty-four years. Within this period, whatever pastimes He enacted are called the śeṣa-līlā, or pastimes occurring at the end.

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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.

The Later Pastimes Are Śeṣa-līlā

  1. 1

    After accepting sannyāsa, Lord Caitanya remained within this material world for another twenty-four years.

  2. 2

    The pastimes He enacted during this period are called the śeṣa-līlā.

  3. 3

    Śeṣa-līlā means the pastimes occurring at the end.

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:

In this chapter there is a summary description of all the pastimes performed by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu during the middle period of His activities as well as the six years at the end of His activities. All of these are described in brief.
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. sannyāsa kariyāafter accepting the order of sannyāsa
  2. cabbiśa vatsarathe twenty-four years
  3. avasthānaremaining in this material world
  4. tāhāṅin that portion
  5. yei līlāwhatever pastimes (were performed)
  6. tāraof those pastimes
  7. śeṣa-līlāthe pastimes at the end
  8. nāmanamed
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the term śeṣa-līlā help me understand the period after the Lord accepted sannyāsa?

Practice

Write a short study note: “Śeṣa-līlā: the twenty-four years after accepting sannyāsa.”

Live this todayThe Later Pastimes Are Śeṣa-līlāThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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