1 · Learn4 of 6 · 5 min
Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.188
লক্ষ-সংখ্য লোক আইসে, নাহিক গণন ।
বাহির হঞা প্রভু দিল দরশন ॥ ১৮৮ ॥
lakṣa-saṅkhya loka āise, nāhika gaṇana
bāhira hañā prabhu dila daraśana
People came by the hundreds of thousands, and no one could count them. Therefore Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came out of the house to give audience to the people.
Read this verse on Vedabase.ioThis verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.
Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
People came by the hundreds of thousands to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
The gathering was so large that no one could count the people.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came out of the house to give them audience.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu next passed through Prayāga and Mathurā and then took His lunch at the home of a Sānoḍiyā brāhmaṇa, a disciple of Mādhavendra Purī. He bestowed His blessings upon the brāhmaṇa by accepting lunch at his place.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about the Lord coming outside to meet the people?
Reread the translation slowly, pausing to picture the Lord coming out to the gathered people.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
Ask Caitanya CaritamrtaHave a question about CC Madhya 17.188? Get an answer from the verses themselves.