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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 16.68Madhya 16.70

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.69

কুলীনগ্রামী পূর্ববৎ কৈল নিবেদন ।

“প্রভু, আজ্ঞা কর, — আমার কর্তব্য সাধন” ॥ ৬৯ ॥

kulīna-grāmī pūrvavat kaila nivedana

“prabhu, ājñā kara, — āmāra kartavya sādhana”

Translation

As in the previous year, one of the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma submitted a petition to the Lord, saying, “My Lord, kindly tell me what my duty is and how I should execute it.”

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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.

Ask About Duty and Its Practice

  1. 1

    One inhabitant of Kulīna-grāma submitted a petition to the Lord, as in the previous year.

  2. 2

    He asked the Lord to tell him what his duty was.

  3. 3

    He also asked how he should carry out that duty, seeking guidance about both responsibility and practice.

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-grāmīone of the residents of Kulīna-grāma
  2. pūrva-vatas in the previous year
  3. kailasubmitted
  4. nivedanapetition
  5. prabhumy Lord
  6. ājñā karaorder
  7. āmāramy
  8. kartavyanecessary
  9. sādhanaperformance
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What would you like to understand more clearly about your duty and how to carry it out?

Practice

Write down one sincere question about your devotional duty and how to practice it.

Live this todayAsk About Duty and Its PracticeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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