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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.149
‘প্রয়াগে’ আসিয়া প্রভু কৈল বেণী-স্নান ।
‘মাধব’ দেখিয়া প্রেমে কৈল নৃত্যগান ॥ ১৪৯ ॥
‘prayāge’ āsiyā prabhu kaila veṇī-snāna
‘mādhava’ dekhiyā preme kaila nṛtya-gāna
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then went to Prayāga, where He bathed at the confluence of the Ganges and the Yamunā. He then visited the temple of Veṇī Mādhava and chanted and danced there in ecstatic love.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Prayāga is called Tīrtharāja, the king of all places of pilgrimage. It stands at the confluence of the Ganges and the Yamunā.
Many people come there to bathe during Māgha-melā and Kumbha-melā. The purport says that visitors immediately feel the place’s spiritual influence.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bathed at the confluence and visited the temple of Veṇī Mādhava. There He chanted and danced in ecstatic love.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.
The mood of Madhya 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Thereafter the Lord visited the twelve forests of Vṛndāvana and was filled with great ecstatic love. As He toured the Vṛndāvana forests, He heard the chirping of parrots and other birds.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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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: “yamunā”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “ecstatic love”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chanted”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What draws your attention to the spiritual importance of Prayāga?
Spend a few moments chanting today, remembering the Lord’s chanting at the temple of Veṇī Mādhava.
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