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  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 13: The Ecstatic Dancing of the Lord at Ratha-yātrā
Madhya 13.155Madhya 13.157

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.156

যাদবের বিপক্ষ,     যত দুষ্ট কংসপক্ষ,

তাহা আমি কৈলুঁ সব ক্ষয় ।

আছে দুই-চারি জন,     তাহা মারি’ বৃন্দাবন,

আইলাম আমি, জানিহ নিশ্চয় ॥ ১৫৬ ॥

yādavera vipakṣa, yata duṣṭa kaṁsa-pakṣa,

tāhā āmi kailuṅ saba kṣaya

āche dui-cāri jana, tāhā māri’ vṛndāvana,

āilāma āmi, jāniha niścaya

Translation

“I have already killed all the mischievous demons who are enemies of the Yadu dynasty, and I have also killed Kaṁsa and his allies. But there are two or four demons still living. I want to kill them, and after doing so I shall very soon return to Vṛndāvana. Please know this for certain.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Serving Kṛṣṇa and Returning to Vṛndāvana

  1. 1

    Just as Kṛṣṇa does not take a step away from Vṛndāvana, His devotee does not like to leave Vṛndāvana.

  2. 2

    A devotee nevertheless leaves when required to tend to Kṛṣṇa’s business. After completing the mission, a pure devotee returns home, back to Vṛndāvana, back to Godhead.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa assured Rādhārāṇī that He would return very soon, after killing the few remaining demons.

Key points from the purport
  • Just as Kṛṣṇa does not take a step away from Vṛndāvana, Kṛṣṇa’s devotee also does not like to leave Vṛndāvana.
  • After finishing his mission, a pure devotee returns home, back to Vṛndāvana, back to Godhead.
  • Kṛṣṇa assured Rādhārāṇī that after killing the demons outside Vṛndāvana, He would return.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Public ecstasy with inward longing. The festival’s collective joy carries the profound Vraja mood of meeting and separation.

The mood of Madhya 13 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 13: The Ecstatic Dancing of the Lord at Ratha-yātrā

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

With two mṛdaṅgas in each division, there were altogether fourteen mṛdaṅgas. While performing kīrtana, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu exhibited various symptoms of transcendental ecstasy, and Jagannātha and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu exchanged Their feelings very blissfully.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 13
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. yādavera vipakṣaall the enemies of the Yadu dynasty
  2. yataall
  3. duṣṭamischievous
  4. kaṁsa-pakṣathe party of Kaṁsa
  5. tāhāthem
  6. āmiI
  7. kailuṅ saba kṣayahave annihilated all
  8. āchethere are still
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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: “vṛndāvana”

  • Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose

    The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “rādhārāṇī”

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “pure devotee”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Am I willing to set aside my preference when service to Kṛṣṇa requires it?

Practice

Complete one small task of service to Kṛṣṇa today, even if another activity seems more comfortable.

Live this todayServing Kṛṣṇa and Returning to VṛndāvanaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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