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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 16.287Madhya 16.289

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.288

এই মত গৌরলীলা — অনন্ত, অপার ।

সংক্ষেপে কহিয়ে, কহা না যায় বিস্তার ॥ ২৮৮ ॥

ei mata gaura-līlā — ananta, apāra

saṅkṣepe kahiye, kahā nā yāya vistāra

Translation

In this way, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu performs His pastimes, which are unlimited and unfathomable. Somehow or other, these have briefly been described. It is not possible to describe them elaborately.

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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.

Unlimited Pastimes, Briefly Described

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes are unlimited and unfathomable.

  2. 2

    Somehow or other, these pastimes have been briefly described.

  3. 3

    It is not possible to describe them 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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ei matain this way
  2. gaura-līlāpastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. anantaunlimited
  4. apāraunfathomed
  5. saṅkṣepein brief
  6. kahiyeI describe
  7. kahādescribing
  8. nā yāya vistārano one can do so elaborately and completely
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Can I appreciate these brief descriptions without assuming I fully understand the Lord’s pastimes?

Practice

Read this verse slowly, pausing over the words “unlimited and unfathomable.”

Live this todayUnlimited Pastimes, Briefly DescribedThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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