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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 16: The Lord’s Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana
Madhya 16.14-15Madhya 16.18

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Madhya 16.16-17

আচার্যরত্ন, বিদ্যানিধি, শ্রীবাস, রামাই ।

বাসুদেব, মুরারি, গোবিন্দাদি তিন ভাই ॥ ১৬ ॥

ācāryaratna, vidyānidhi, śrīvāsa, rāmāi

vāsudeva, murāri, govindādi tina bhāi

Translation

All the devotees of Navadvīpa departed, including Ācāryaratna, Vidyānidhi, Śrīvāsa, Rāmāi, Vāsudeva, Murāri, Govinda and his two brothers and Rāghava Paṇḍita, who took bags of assorted foods. The inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma, carrying silken ropes, also departed.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotees Depart with Foods and Silken Ropes

  1. 1

    All the devotees of Navadvīpa departed, including Ācāryaratna, Vidyānidhi, Śrīvāsa, Rāmāi, Vāsudeva, Murāri, Govinda and his two brothers.

  2. 2

    Rāghava Paṇḍita also departed, taking bags of assorted foods.

  3. 3

    The inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma departed carrying silken ropes.

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:

Questioned by the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma, Caitanya Mahāprabhu again repeated the symptoms of a Vaiṣṇava. Vidyānidhi also came to Jagannātha Purī and saw the festival of Oḍana-ṣaṣṭhī.
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. ācāryaratnaĀcāryaratna
  2. vidyānidhiVidyānidhi
  3. śrīvāsaŚrīvāsa
  4. rāmāiRāmāi
  5. vāsudevaVāsudeva
  6. murāriMurāri
  7. govinda-ādi tina bhāiGovinda and his two brothers
  8. rāghava paṇḍitaRāghava Paṇḍita
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do I notice about the concrete details of what the departing devotees carried?

Practice

Reread the verse and name the two kinds of items the devotees brought.

Live this todayDevotees Depart with Foods and Silken RopesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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