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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.94

আনন্দে মহাপ্রভু বর্ষা কৈল সমাধান ।

বিজয়া-দশমী-দিনে করিল পয়ান ॥ ৯৪ ॥

ānande mahāprabhu varṣā kaila samādhāna

vijayā-daśamī-dine karila payāna

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very pleased to thus receive their permission. He waited until the rainy season passed, and when the day of Vijayā-daśamī arrived, He departed for Vṛndāvana.

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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.

Waiting Patiently, Then Departing

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very pleased to receive their permission.

  2. 2

    He waited until the rainy season had passed.

  3. 3

    When Vijayā-daśamī arrived, He departed for Vṛndāvana.

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:

When the devotees bade farewell to the Lord, the Lord was determined to go to Vṛndāvana, and on the day of Vijaya-daśamī, He departed. Mahārāja Pratāparudra made various arrangements for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s trip to Vṛndāvana.
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. ānandein great pleasure
  2. mahāprabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. varṣāthe rainy season
  4. kaila samādhānapassed
  5. vijayā-daśamī-dineon Vijayā-daśamī, the day when the victory was won by Lord Rāmacandra
  6. karila payānaHe departed
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “vṛndāvana”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How do I respond when a cherished plan requires waiting?

Practice

For one plan that must wait, note the suitable time to act and patiently keep to it.

Live this todayWaiting Patiently, Then DepartingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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