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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 16.209Madhya 16.211

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.210

‘শান্তিপুরাচার্য’-গৃহে ঐছে আইলা ।

শচী-মাতা মিলি’ তাঁর দুঃখ খণ্ডাইলা ॥ ২১০ ॥

‘śāntipurācārya’-gṛhe aiche āilā

śacī-mātā mili’ tāṅra duḥkha khaṇḍāilā

Translation

After leaving Kuliyā, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited the house of Advaita Ācārya at Śāntipura. It was there that the Lord’s mother, Śacīmātā, met Him and was thus relieved of her great unhappiness.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Meeting the Lord Relieves Śacīmātā’s Unhappiness

  1. 1

    After leaving Kuliyā, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to Śāntipura.

  2. 2

    He visited the house of Advaita Ācārya. His mother, Śacīmātā, met Him there.

  3. 3

    Meeting the Lord relieved Śacīmātā of her great unhappiness.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. śāntipura-ācāryaof Advaita Ācārya
  2. gṛheto the house
  3. aichesimilarly
  4. āilāwent
  5. śacī-mātāmother Śacī
  6. mili’meeting
  7. tāṅraher
  8. duḥkhaunhappiness
  9. khaṇḍāilāpacified
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What touches you about Śacīmātā’s unhappiness being relieved by meeting the Lord?

Practice

Reread the translation and spend a moment reflecting on Śacīmātā’s relief.

Live this todayMeeting the Lord Relieves Śacīmātā’s UnhappinessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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