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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 16.212

শান্তিপুরে পুনঃ কৈল দশ-দিন বাস ।

বিস্তারি’ বর্ণিয়াছেন বৃন্দাবন-দাস ॥ ২১২ ॥

śāntipure punaḥ kaila daśa-dina vāsa

vistāri’ varṇiyāchena vṛndāvana-dāsa

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed in Śāntipura for ten days. This has all been described very elaborately by Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura.

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

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

An Account Already Described in Detail

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed in Śāntipura.

  2. 2

    His stay lasted ten days.

  3. 3

    Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has already described all this very elaborately.

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:

Returning from Rāmakeli, He met Raghunātha dāsa and after giving him instructions sent him back home. Thereafter the Lord returned to Nīlācala and began to make plans to go to Vṛndāvana without a companion.
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. śāntipureat Śāntipura
  2. punaḥagain
  3. kailamade
  4. daśa-dinafor ten days
  5. vāsaresidence
  6. vistāri’elaborating
  7. varṇiyāchenahas described
  8. vṛndāvana-dāsaVṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “vṛndāvana”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the acknowledgment of Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura help you understand this brief account?

Practice

Note the length of the Lord’s stay and the name of the author who described it elaborately.

Live this todayAn Account Already Described in DetailThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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