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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 16: The Lord’s Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana
Madhya 16.113Madhya 16.116

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Madhya 16.114-115

এক নব্য-নৌকা আনি’ রাখহ নদী-তীরে ।

যাহাঁ স্নান করি’ প্রভু যা’ন নদী-পারে ॥ ১১৪ ॥

eka navya-naukā āni’ rākhaha nadī-tīre

yāhāṅ snāna kari’ prabhu yā’na nadī-pāre

Translation

The King also ordered them to maintain a new boat on the banks of the river, and wherever Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took His bath or crossed to the other side of the river, they should establish a memorial column and make that place a great place of pilgrimage. “Indeed,” said the King, “I will take my bath there. And let me also die there.”

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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.

Honor the Places the Lord Visits

  1. 1

    The King ordered that a new boat be maintained on the banks of the river.

  2. 2

    Wherever Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bathed or crossed the river, the officers were to establish a memorial column and make that place a great place of pilgrimage.

  3. 3

    The King expressed his desire to bathe there and also to die there.

How it feels

Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.

The mood of Madhya 16 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 16: The Lord’s Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana

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

When He crossed the river Citrotpalā, Rāmānanda Rāya, Mardarāja and Haricandana went with Him. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested Gadādhara Paṇḍita to return to Nīlācala, Jagannātha Purī, but he did not abide by this order.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ekaone
  2. navyanew
  3. naukāboat
  4. āni’bringing
  5. rākhahakeep
  6. nadī-tīreon the bank of the river
  7. yāhāṅwhere
  8. snāna kari’taking a bath
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the King’s desire reveal about his regard for places visited by the Lord?

Practice

Spend a moment reflecting on the King’s wish to honor the places where Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bathed or crossed the river.

Live this todayHonor the Places the Lord VisitsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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