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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 16.48Madhya 16.50

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.49

কুলীনগ্রামী পট্টডোরী জগন্নাথে দিল ।

পূর্ববৎ রথ-অগ্রে নর্তন করিল ॥ ৪৯ ॥

kulīna-grāmī paṭṭa-ḍorī jagannāthe dila

pūrvavat ratha-agre nartana karila

Translation

The inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma delivered silken ropes to Lord Jagannātha, and, as previously, they all danced before the Lord’s car.

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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.

Offering Service and Dancing Before the Lord

  1. 1

    The inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma delivered silken ropes to Lord Jagannātha.

  2. 2

    They all danced before the Lord’s car.

  3. 3

    Their dancing continued the practice of the previous occasion.

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:

Questioned by the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma, Caitanya Mahāprabhu again repeated the symptoms of a Vaiṣṇava. Vidyānidhi also came to Jagannātha Purī and saw the festival of Oḍana-ṣaṣṭhī.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kulīna-grāmīthe residents of Kulīna-grāma
  2. paṭṭa-ḍorīsilken ropes
  3. jagannāthe dilaoffered to Lord Jagannātha
  4. pūrva-vatas in the previous year
  5. ratha-agrein front of the car
  6. nartana kariladanced
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “delivered”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I take part in both practical service and joyful worship?

Practice

Ask at a temple whether there is a needed item you can help provide.

Live this todayOffering Service and Dancing Before the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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