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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 16.205

একদিন প্রভু তথা করিয়া নিবাস ।

প্রাতে কুমারহট্টে আইলা, — যাহাঁ শ্রীনিবাস ॥ ২০৫ ॥

eka-dina prabhu tathā kariyā nivāsa

prāte kumārahaṭṭe āilā, — yāhāṅ śrīnivāsa

Translation

The Lord stayed at Rāghava Paṇḍita’s place for only one day. The next morning, He went to Kumārahaṭṭa, where Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura lived.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Separation Led Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura to Move

  1. 1

    The Lord stayed at Rāghava Paṇḍita’s place for only one day. The next morning, He went to Kumārahaṭṭa, where Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura lived.

  2. 2

    The present name of Kumārahaṭṭa is Hālisahara.

  3. 3

    After Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted sannyāsa, Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura left Navadvīpa due to separation from Him. He went to Hālisahara to live.

Key points from the purport
  • After Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted sannyāsa, Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura left Navadvīpa due to separation from Him and went to Hālisahara to live.

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:

Thereafter He visited the house of Rāghava Paṇḍita, and from there He went to Kumārahaṭṭa and eventually to Kuliyā, where He excused many offenders. From there He went to Rāmakeli, where He saw Śrī Rūpa and Sanātana and accepted them as His chief disciples.
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. eka-dinaone day
  2. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. tathāthere
  4. kariyā nivāsaresiding
  5. prātein the morning
  6. kumārahaṭṭethe town named Kumārahaṭṭa
  7. āilāreached
  8. yāhāṅwhere
  9. śrīnivāsathe home of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vipralambha · Love in separation

    Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “separation”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura’s move reveal about how deeply separation from the Lord affected him?

Practice

Pause today to reflect on Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura’s separation, and write one sentence about what you learned.

Live this todaySeparation Led Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura to MoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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