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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.82
এইমত নানা-সুখে প্রভু আইলা ‘কাশী’ ।
মধ্যাহ্ন-স্নান কৈল মণিকর্ণিকায় আসি’ ॥ ৮২ ॥
ei-mata nānā-sukhe prabhu āilā ‘kāśī’
madhyāhna-snāna kaila maṇikarṇikāya āsi’
Finally the Lord arrived with great happiness at the holy place called Kāśī. There He took His bath in the bathing ghat known as Maṇikarṇikā.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord arrived happily at Kāśī and bathed at Maṇikarṇikā. Kāśī, also called Vārāṇasī, has been a place of pilgrimage since time immemorial.
Maṇi means “jewel,” and karṇikā means “from the ear.” Accounts associate Maṇikarṇikā with an earring falling from Lord Viṣṇu’s ear or, according to some, Lord Śiva’s.
According to some, Lord Viśvanātha cures the disease of material existence through the ear receiving the holy name of Lord Rāma. Maṇikarṇikā is especially sanctified because it is very dear to Lord Viśvanātha.
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:
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. At Vārāṇasī, Vaidya Candraśekhara, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s old friend, also rendered service unto Him.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.
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “associate”
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: “holy name”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What attention do you give to hearing the holy name?
Chant the holy name of Lord Rāma today and listen carefully to its sound.
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