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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 17: The Lord Travels to Vṛndāvana

Madhya 17.228-229 Madhya 17.231

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.230

এইমত প্রেম — যাবৎ ভ্রমিল ‘বার’ বন ।

একত্র লিখিলুঁ, সর্বত্র না যায় বর্ণন ॥ ২৩০ ॥

ei-mata prema — yāvat bhramila ‘bāra’ vana

ekatra likhiluṅ, sarvatra nā yāya varṇana

Translation

Thus I have written a description of the ecstatic love Lord Caitanya manifested in one of the places He visited while walking through the twelve forests of Vṛndāvana. To describe what He experienced everywhere would be impossible.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

His Experiences Cannot Be Fully Described

1
Lord Caitanya walked through the twelve forests of Vṛndāvana.
2
The author describes the ecstatic love He manifested in one of the places He visited.
3
To describe what the Lord experienced everywhere would be impossible.

How it feels

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

Madhya 17: The Lord Travels to Vṛndāvana

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.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

ei-matain this way
premaecstatic love
yāvatso long
bhramilaHe traveled
bāra vanathrough the twelve forests of Vṛndāvana
ekatrain one place
likhiluṅI have written
sarvatraeverywhere
nā yāya varṇanacannot be described

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”
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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does knowing that this account describes only one place affect your reading?

Practice

Reread the translation and note that the account offers only a small part of the Lord’s experiences.

Live this todayHis Experiences Cannot Be Fully DescribedThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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