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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 11: The Beḍā-kīrtana Pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Madhya 11.55Madhya 11.57

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.56

‘কৃষ্ণ-রাসপঞ্চাধ্যায়’ করিতে পঠন ।

একলে যাই’ মহাপ্রভুর ধরিবে চরণ ॥ ৫৬ ॥

‘kṛṣṇa-rāsa-pañcādhyāya’ karite paṭhana

ekale yāi’ mahāprabhura dharibe caraṇa

Translation

“When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu enters the Guṇḍicā garden, you should also go there and read the five chapters of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam about Lord Kṛṣṇa’s dancing with the gopīs. In this way you can catch hold of the Lord’s lotus feet.

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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.

Recitation Leading to the Lord’s Lotus Feet

  1. 1

    The instruction was to enter the Guṇḍicā garden when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went there.

  2. 2

    There, the reader should recite the five chapters of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam about Lord Kṛṣṇa’s dancing with the gopīs.

  3. 3

    Through this recitation, he could catch hold of the Lord’s lotus feet.

How it feels

Communal anticipation. Arriving devotees, kīrtana, and longing to meet the Lord converge.

The mood of Madhya 11 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 11: The Beḍā-kīrtana Pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

During Anavasara, while Lord Jagannātha was resting for fifteen days, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, being unable to see Lord Jagannātha, went to Ālālanātha. Later, when the devotees from Bengal came to see Him, He returned to Jagannātha Purī.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kṛṣṇa-rāsa-pañca-adhyāyathe five chapters in the Tenth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in which Lord Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes of the rāsa dance are described
  2. karite paṭhanato recite
  3. ekale yāi’going alone
  4. mahāprabhuraof Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  5. dharibe caraṇacatch hold of the lotus feet
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lotus feet”

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “gopīs”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I approach reading Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam as an opportunity to draw near to the Lord?

Practice

Read a short passage from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam today with the wish to approach the Lord’s lotus feet.

Live this todayRecitation Leading to the Lord’s Lotus FeetThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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