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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 16.212Madhya 16.214-215

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.213

অতএব ইহাঁ তার না কৈলুঁ বিস্তার ।

পুনরুক্তি হয়, গ্রন্থ বাড়য়ে অপার ॥ ২১৩ ॥

ataeva ihāṅ tāra nā kailuṅ vistāra

punarukti haya, grantha bāḍaye apāra

Translation

I will not narrate these incidents because they have already been described by Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura. There is no need to repeat the same information, for such repetition would unlimitedly increase the size of this book.

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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.

Avoiding Unnecessary Repetition

  1. 1

    The author chooses not to narrate these incidents again.

  2. 2

    Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has already described them, so there is no need to repeat the same information.

  3. 3

    Such repetition would unlimitedly increase the size of the book.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ataevatherefore
  2. ihāṅhere
  3. tāraof that incident
  4. nā kailuṅI did not give
  5. vistāraelaboration
  6. punaruktirepetition
  7. hayait is
  8. granthathe book
  9. bāḍayeincreases
  10. apāraunlimitedly
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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

When can acknowledging an existing account be more helpful than repeating it?

Practice

Review one study note today and remove an unnecessary repetition while preserving its meaning.

Live this todayAvoiding Unnecessary RepetitionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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