1 · Learn4 of 6 · 5 min
Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.157
দিন দুই-চারি তেঁহো করিল সেবন ।
আগে চলিবারে সেই কহে বিবরণ ॥ ১৫৭ ॥
dina dui-cāri teṅho karila sevana
āge calibāre sei kahe vivaraṇa
For two or four days, the government officer served the Lord. He also gave the Lord detailed information of what was ahead.
Read this verse on Vedabase.ioThis verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.
Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The government officer served the Lord for two or four days.
He also told the Lord what lay ahead.
The information he provided was detailed.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
When the devotees bade farewell to the Lord, the Lord was determined to go to Vṛndāvana, and on the day of Vijaya-daśamī, He departed. Mahārāja Pratāparudra made various arrangements for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s trip to Vṛndāvana.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “served”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How could careful, useful information become part of your service?
Give someone preparing for a journey one clear, accurate piece of information they need.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
Ask Caitanya CaritamrtaHave a question about CC Madhya 16.157? Get an answer from the verses themselves.