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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 14.113

প্রাতঃকালে মহাপ্রভু নিজগণ লঞা ।

জগন্নাথ দর্শন কৈল সুন্দরাচলে যাঞা ॥ ১১৩ ॥

prātaḥ-kāle mahāprabhu nija-gaṇa lañā

jagannātha darśana kaila sundarācale yāñā

Translation

In the morning, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took His personal associates with Him to see Lord Jagannātha at Sundarācala.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Seeing Lord Jagannātha Together

  1. 1

    In the morning, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took His personal associates to see Lord Jagannātha.

  2. 2

    Sundarācala is the Guṇḍicā temple, where they went to see Him.

  3. 3

    The temple of Jagannātha at Jagannātha Purī is called Nīlācala.

Key points from the purport
  • The temple of Jagannātha at Jagannātha Purī is called Nīlācala, and the temple at Guṇḍicā is called Sundarācala.

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

Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.

The mood of Madhya 14 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 14: Performance of the Vṛndāvana Pastimes

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

When Lord Jagannātha was seated at Sundarācala, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw it as Vṛndāvana. He performed sporting pastimes in the water of the lake known as Indradyumna.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prātaḥ-kālein the morning
  2. mahāprabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. nija-gaṇa lañātaking His associates
  4. jagannātha darśanavisiting Lord Jagannātha
  5. kailaperformed
  6. sundarācaleto the Guṇḍicā temple
  7. yāñāgoing
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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: “associates”

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

What stands out to you about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu taking His associates to see Lord Jagannātha?

Practice

Today, write down the two temple names and the places they refer to.

Live this todaySeeing Lord Jagannātha TogetherThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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