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  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 18: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Visit to Śrī Vṛndāvana
Madhya 17.234Madhya 18.2

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.1

বৃন্দাবনে স্থিরচরান্নন্দয়ন্ স্বাবলোকনৈঃ ।

আত্মানঞ্চ তদালোকাদ্‌গৌরাঙ্গঃ পরিতোঽভ্রমৎ ॥ ১ ॥

vṛndāvane sthira-carān

nandayan svāvalokanaiḥ

ātmānaṁ ca tad-ālokād

gaurāṅgaḥ parito ’bhramat

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu traveled all over Vṛndāvana and pleased all living entities, moving and nonmoving, with His glances. The Lord took much personal pleasure in seeing everyone. In this way Lord Gaurāṅga traveled in Vṛndāvana.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord Pleases All Living Entities

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu traveled all over Vṛndāvana.

  2. 2

    His glances pleased all living entities, both moving and nonmoving.

  3. 3

    The Lord Himself took much pleasure in seeing everyone.

How it feels

Overwhelmed recognition. Seeing the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes evokes extraordinary remembrance and ecstasy.

The mood of Madhya 18 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 18: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Visit to Śrī Vṛndāvana

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

Seeing a great crowd in Mathurā, He moved His residence near Akrūra-ghāṭa, and from there He went every day to Vṛndāvana to see Kālīya-hrada, Dvādaśāditya-ghāṭa, Keśī-ghāṭa, Rāsa-sthalī, Cīra-ghāṭa and Āmli-talā. At Kālīya Lake, many people mistook a fisherman for Kṛṣṇa.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. vṛndāvanein Vṛndāvana
  2. sthira-carānto the living entities, both moving and not moving
  3. nandayangiving pleasure
  4. sva-avalokanaiḥby His personal glances
  5. ātmānamto Himself
  6. caalso
  7. tat-ālokātby seeing them
  8. gaurāṅgaḥŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  9. paritaḥall around
  10. abhramattraveled
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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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What touches you about the Lord taking pleasure in seeing all living entities?

Practice

Read the translation slowly today, pausing to reflect on the Lord’s pleasing glance.

Live this todayThe Lord Pleases All Living EntitiesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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