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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 16.99

প্রসাদ ভোজন করি’ তথায় রহিলা ।

প্রাতঃকালে চলি’ প্রভু ‘ভুবনেশ্বর’ আইলা ॥ ৯৯ ॥

prasāda bhojana kari’ tathāya rahilā

prātaḥ-kāle cali’ prabhu ‘bhuvaneśvara’ āilā

Translation

After taking prasādam, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu remained there for the night. Early in the morning He began walking, and finally He reached Bhuvaneśvara.

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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.

Resting and Continuing the Journey

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took prasādam and remained there for the night.

  2. 2

    Early in the morning, He began walking again.

  3. 3

    He finally reached Bhuvaneśvara.

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:

Caitanya Mahāprabhu forbade Nityānanda to visit Nīlācala every year. Questioned by the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma, Caitanya Mahāprabhu again repeated the symptoms of a Vaiṣṇava.
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. prasāda bhojana kari’after taking the prasādam
  2. tathāya rahilāHe stayed there
  3. prātaḥ-kāleearly in the morning
  4. cali’walking
  5. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. bhuvaneśvara āilāreached the place known as Bhuvaneśvara
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might you make room for both rest and an early start?

Practice

Set a time to rest tonight so you can begin tomorrow’s activities early.

Live this todayResting and Continuing the JourneyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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