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  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 16.72Madhya 16.74

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.73

বর্ষান্তরে পুনঃ তাঁরা ঐছে প্রশ্ন কৈল ।

বৈষ্ণবের তারতম্য প্রভু শিখাইল ॥ ৭৩ ॥

varṣāntare punaḥ tāṅrā aiche praśna kaila

vaiṣṇavera tāratamya prabhu śikhāila

Translation

The following year, the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma again asked the Lord the same question. Hearing this question, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again taught them about the different types of Vaiṣṇavas.

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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

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  1. 1

    The following year, the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma again asked the Lord the same question.

  2. 2

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard their repeated inquiry.

  3. 3

    He again taught them about the different types of Vaiṣṇavas.

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

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  1. varṣa-antareafter one year
  2. punaḥagain
  3. tāṅrāthey (the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma)
  4. aichesuch
  5. praśnaa question
  6. kailamade
  7. vaiṣṇaveraof Vaiṣṇavas
  8. tāratamyaupper and lower gradations
  9. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  10. śikhāilataught
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Practice

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