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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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 16: The Lord’s Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana
Madhya 16.276Madhya 16.278

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.277

নির্বিঘ্নে এবে কৈছে যাইব বৃন্দাবনে ।

সবে মেলি’ যুক্তি দেহ’ হঞা পরসন্নে ॥ ২৭৭ ॥

nirvighne ebe kaiche yāiba vṛndāvane

sabe meli’ yukti deha’ hañā parasanne

Translation

“Now I wish that you all will be pleased with Me and give Me good consultation. Tell Me how I shall be able to go to Vṛndāvana without impediments.

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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.

Seeking good counsel before proceeding

  1. 1

    The speaker wished everyone to be pleased with Him.

  2. 2

    He asked them to give Him good consultation.

  3. 3

    He wanted their advice on reaching Vṛndāvana without impediments.

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. nirvighnewithout obstacles
  2. ebenow
  3. kaichehow
  4. yāibaI shall go
  5. vṛndāvaneto Vṛndāvana
  6. sabe meli’altogether
  7. yukti deha’give Me consultation
  8. hañā parasannebeing very pleased with Me
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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

Are you willing to ask for good counsel when obstacles stand before you?

Practice

Ask someone you trust for advice about one obstacle you are facing.

Live this todaySeeking good counsel before proceedingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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