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  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 16.74Madhya 16.76

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.75

ক্রম করি’ কহে প্রভু ‘বৈষ্ণব’-লক্ষণ ।

‘বৈষ্ণব’, ‘বৈষ্ণবতর’, আর ‘বৈষ্ণবতম’ ॥ ৭৫ ॥

krama kari’ kahe prabhu ‘vaiṣṇava’-lakṣaṇa

‘vaiṣṇava’, ‘vaiṣṇavatara’, āra ‘vaiṣṇavatama’

Translation

In this way, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu taught the distinctions between different types of Vaiṣṇavas — the Vaiṣṇava, Vaiṣṇavatara and Vaiṣṇavatama. He thus successively explained all the symptoms of a Vaiṣṇava to the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Learning the Distinctions Among Vaiṣṇavas

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu taught the distinctions between different types of Vaiṣṇavas.

  2. 2

    He distinguished the Vaiṣṇava, Vaiṣṇavatara and Vaiṣṇavatama.

  3. 3

    He successively explained all the symptoms of a Vaiṣṇava to the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma.

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.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. krama kari’dividing according to grades
  2. kahe prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu spoke
  3. vaiṣṇava-lakṣaṇathe symptoms of Vaiṣṇavas
  4. vaiṣṇavathe ordinary Vaiṣṇava (the positive platform)
  5. vaiṣṇava-tarathe better Vaiṣṇava (the comparative platform)
  6. āraand
  7. vaiṣṇava-tamathe best Vaiṣṇava (the superlative platform)
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can learning step by step help me understand the distinctions Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu taught?

Practice

Write down the three types of Vaiṣṇavas named in this verse.

Live this todayLearning the Distinctions Among VaiṣṇavasThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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