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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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 17: The Lord Travels to Vṛndāvana
Madhya 17.52Madhya 17.54

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.53

মথুরা যাইবার ছলে আসেন ঝারিখণ্ড ।

ভিল্লপ্রায় লোক তাহাঁ পরম-পাষণ্ড ॥ ৫৩ ॥

mathurā yāibāra chale āsena jhārikhaṇḍa

bhilla-prāya loka tāhāṅ parama-pāṣaṇḍa

Translation

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to Jhārikhaṇḍa on His way to Mathurā, He found that the people there were almost uncivilized and were devoid of God consciousness.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Meeting People Without God Consciousness

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to Jhārikhaṇḍa on His way to Mathurā.

  2. 2

    He found that the people there were devoid of God consciousness.

  3. 3

    The purport explains that bhilla refers to the Bheels, who generally lived in the jungle. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu encountered them on His journey.

Key points from the purport
  • The word bhilla refers to a class of men belonging to the Bheels.
  • The Bheels are like Black Africans, and they are lower than śūdras.
  • Such people generally live in the jungle, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had to meet them.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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

Further reading

Madhya 17: The Lord Travels to Vṛndāvana

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

In this way the Lord passed through the jungle of Jhārikhaṇḍa (Jharkhand) and finally reached Vārāṇasī. After taking His bath at the Maṇikarṇikā-ghāṭa at Vārāṇasī, He met Tapana Miśra, who took the Lord to his place and respectfully gave Him a comfortable residence.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. mathurāto Mathurā
  2. yāibāraof going
  3. chaleon the pretext
  4. āsenacame
  5. jhārikhaṇḍato Jhārikhaṇḍa
  6. bhilla-prāyalike the Bheels, a kind of low people
  7. lokapeople
  8. tāhāṅthere
  9. parama-pāṣaṇḍawithout God consciousness
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What place does God consciousness have in my daily life?

Practice

Take one minute today to reflect on how much attention you give to God consciousness.

Live this todayMeeting People Without God ConsciousnessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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