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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.143
বিপ্র কহে, — প্রয়াগে প্রভু লঞা যাই ।
গঙ্গাতীর-পথে যাই, তবে সুখ পাই ॥ ১৪৩ ॥
vipra kahe, — prayāge prabhu lañā yāi
gaṅgā-tīra-pathe yāi, tabe sukha pāi
The Sanoḍiyā brāhmaṇa said, “Let us take Him to Prayāga and go along the banks of the Ganges. It will be very pleasurable to go that way.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Sanoḍiyā brāhmaṇa proposed taking Him to Prayāga.
He suggested traveling along the banks of the Ganges.
He said that going that way would be very pleasurable.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya decided to take Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Prayāga after visiting the holy place known as Soro-kṣetra. While stopping near a village on the way to Prayāga, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fainted in ecstatic love.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When planning a journey with others, do I consider how pleasant the route will be?
For your next shared outing, suggest a route that would be pleasant for those traveling.
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