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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 16.194 Madhya 16.196

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.195

মহাপাত্র চলি’ আইলা মহাপ্ৰভুর সনে ।

ম্লেচ্ছ আসি’ কৈল প্রভুর চরণ বন্দনে ॥ ১৯৫ ॥

mahā-pātra cali’ āilā mahāprabhura sane

mleccha āsi’ kaila prabhura caraṇa vandane

Translation

The mahā-pātra crossed the river with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and when they reached the other shore, the Muslim governor personally received the Lord and worshiped His lotus feet.

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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.

Personally Receiving and Worshiping the Lord

1
The mahā-pātra crossed the river with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
2
On the other shore, the Muslim governor personally received the Lord.
3
The governor worshiped the Lord’s lotus feet.

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:

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.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

mahā-pātrathe Orissan government representative
cali’moving
āilāwent
mahāprabhura sanewith Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
mlecchathe governor of the other side
āsi’coming
kailaperformed
prabhura caraṇa vandaneworshiping the lotus feet of the Lord

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lotus feet”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to me about the governor personally receiving the Lord?

Practice

Offer a prayer of reverence at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu today.

Live this todayPersonally Receiving and Worshiping the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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