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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 10.87

দিন দুই-তিন আচার্য মহোৎসব কৈল ।

নীলাচল যাইতে আচার্য যুক্তি দৃঢ় কৈল ॥ ৮৭ ॥

dina dui-tina ācārya mahotsava kaila

nīlācala yāite ācārya yukti dṛḍha kaila

Translation

Advaita Ācārya then held a festival that lasted two or three days. Thereafter, they all made a firm decision to go to Jagannātha Purī.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Celebration Followed by Firm Resolve

  1. 1

    Advaita Ācārya held a festival.

  2. 2

    The festival lasted two or three days.

  3. 3

    Afterward, they all made a firm decision to go to Jagannātha Purī.

How it feels

Relief and affectionate reunion. Devotees gather as the Lord returns; separation is temporarily relieved.

The mood of Madhya 10 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 10: The Lord’s Return to Jagannātha Purī

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

At this time Paramānanda Purī was at Navadvīpa, and immediately upon hearing news of the Lord’s return, he started for Jagannātha Purī accompanied by a brāhmaṇa named Kamalākānta. Puruṣottama Bhaṭṭācārya, a resident of Navadvīpa, was educated at Vārāṇasī.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. dina dui-tinafor two or three days
  2. ācāryaAdvaita Ācārya
  3. mahotsavafestival
  4. kailaperformed
  5. nīlācalato Jagannātha Purī
  6. yāiteto go
  7. ācāryaAdvaita Ācārya
  8. yukticonsideration
  9. dṛḍhafirm
  10. kailamade
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts

    Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “festival”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What distinguishes their firm decision from merely wishing to go?

Practice

Write one sentence describing the sequence here: festival, then a firm decision to travel.

Live this todayCelebration Followed by Firm ResolveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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