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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 16.213 Madhya 16.216

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Madhya 16.214-215

তার মধ্যে মিলিলা যৈছে রূপ-সনাতন ।

নৃসিংহানন্দ কৈল যৈছে পথের সাজন ॥ ২১৪ ॥

tāra madhye mililā yaiche rūpa-sanātana

nṛsiṁhānanda kaila yaiche pathera sājana

Translation

Those narrations tell how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu met the brothers Rūpa and Sanātana and how Nṛsiṁhānanda decorated the road. I have already described these in an earlier synopsis of this book; therefore I will not repeat the narrations here.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Remembering Earlier Narrations Without Repeating Them

1
The earlier narrations tell how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu met the brothers Rūpa and Sanātana.
2
They also tell how Nṛsiṁhānanda decorated the road.
3
The author has already described these events in an earlier synopsis of the book. He therefore does not repeat the narrations here.

Key points from the purport

This information is given in Ādi-līlā 10.35 and Madhya-līlā 1.155-162 and 175-226.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 16.214-215 quotesCC Madhya 1.155

This information is given in Ādi-līlā 10.35 and Madhya-līlā 1.155-162 and 175-226.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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:

From there He went to Rāmakeli, where He saw Śrī Rūpa and Sanātana and accepted them as His chief disciples. Returning from Rāmakeli, He met Raghunātha dāsa and after giving him instructions sent him back home.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in Madhya 16

Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

tāra madhyewithin that
mililāHe met
yaichehow
rūpa-sanātanathe two brothers Rūpa and Sanātana
nṛsiṁhānandaNṛsiṁhānanda
kailadid
yaichehow
pathera sājanadecoration of the road

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can a brief reminder help you retain an earlier account without repeating it in full?

Practice

Write two short reminders: the Lord’s meeting with Rūpa and Sanātana, and Nṛsiṁhānanda’s decoration of the road.

Live this todayRemembering Earlier Narrations Without Repeating ThemThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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