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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 16.153

এইমত চলি’ প্রভু ‘রেমুণা’ আইলা ।

তথা হৈতে রামানন্দ-রায়ে বিদায় দিলা ॥ ১৫৩ ॥

ei-mata cali’ prabhu ‘remuṇā’ āilā

tathā haite rāmānanda-rāye vidāya dilā

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu finally arrived at Remuṇā, where He bade farewell to Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Understanding the Farewell at Remuṇā

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu arrived at Remuṇā and bade farewell to Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya.

  2. 2

    The purport notes that an earlier account places this farewell at Bhadraka.

  3. 3

    Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura explains that Remuṇā in those days also included Bhadraka.

Key points from the purport
  • It was stated in the first chapter of Madhya-līlā, verse 149, that Rāmānanda Rāya was bade farewell from Bhadraka.
  • Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura states that in those days the place called Remuṇā also included Bhadraka.

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

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:

From Kaṭaka (Cuttack), Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again requested Gadādhara Paṇḍita to return to Nīlācala, and He bade farewell to Rāmānanda Rāya from Bhadraka. After this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu crossed the border of Orissa state, and He arrived at Pānihāṭi by boat.
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. ei-matain this way
  2. cali’walking
  3. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. remuṇā āilācame to Remuṇā
  5. tathā haitefrom there
  6. rāmānanda-rāyeunto Rāmānanda Rāya
  7. vidāya dilābade farewell
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this explanation help you understand the two place names?

Practice

Note beside this passage: “Remuṇā then also included Bhadraka.”

Live this todayUnderstanding the Farewell at RemuṇāThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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