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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.96
পথে নানা লীলারস, দেব-দরশন ।
মাধবপুরীর কথা, গোপাল-স্থাপন ॥ ৯৬ ॥
pathe nānā līlā-rasa, deva-daraśana
mādhava-purīra kathā, gopāla-sthāpana
On the way toward Jagannātha Purī, Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed many other pastimes. He visited various temples and heard the story about Mādhavendra Purī and the installation of Gopāla.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
On the way to Jagannātha Purī, Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed many pastimes and visited various temples.
He heard the story of Mādhavendra Purī and the installation of Gopāla. The purport clarifies that Mādhava Purī here means Mādhavendra Purī.
Another Mādhava Purī, Mādhavācārya, was the spiritual master of a devotee in Gadādhara Paṇḍita’s line and wrote Śrī Maṅgala-bhāṣya. He is different from Mādhavendra Purī.
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:
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does carefully distinguishing similar names help me understand what I read?
Write a brief note identifying Mādhavendra Purī and distinguishing him from Mādhavācārya.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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