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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 16.161 Madhya 16.164

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Madhya 16.162-163

প্রভুর সেই অদভুত চরিত্র দেখিয়া ।

হিন্দু-চর কহে সেই যবন-পাশ গিয়া ॥ ১৬২ ॥

prabhura sei adabhuta caritra dekhiyā

hindu-cara kahe sei yavana-pāśa giyā

Translation

The Muslim spy saw the wonderful characteristics of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and when he returned to the Muslim governor, he told him, “A mendicant has come from Jagannātha Purī with many liberated persons.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Spy Reports Wonderful Characteristics

1
The Muslim spy saw the wonderful characteristics of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
2
He returned to the Muslim governor and reported what he had seen.
3
He described a mendicant who had come from Jagannātha Purī with many liberated persons.

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

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

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

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested Gadādhara Paṇḍita to return to Nīlācala, Jagannātha Purī, but he did not abide by this order. From Kaṭaka (Cuttack), Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again requested Gadādhara Paṇḍita to return to Nīlācala, and He bade farewell to Rāmānanda Rāya from Bhadraka.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
seithat
adabhuta caritrawonderful characteristics
dekhiyāseeing
hindu-carathe Hindu spy
kahesays
seithat
yavana-pāśa giyāgoing to the Muslim King

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you in the spy’s description of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His companions?

Practice

Read the spy’s report aloud once, paying attention to the words “many liberated persons.”

Live this todayThe Spy Reports Wonderful CharacteristicsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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