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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.145
মাঘ-মাস লাগিল, এবে যদি যাইয়ে ।
মকরে প্রয়াগ-স্নান কত দিন পাইয়ে ॥ ১৪৫ ॥
māgha-māsa lāgila, ebe yadi yāiye
makare prayāga-snāna kata dina pāiye
“It is now the beginning of the month of Māgha. If we go to Prayāga at this time, we shall have an opportunity to bathe for a few days during Makara-saṅkrānti.”
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Bathing during Māgha at the Māgha-melā still takes place. This assembly dates from time immemorial.
It is said that holy men have gathered yearly at Prayāga ever since the Lord, in the form of Mohinī, kept a bucket of nectar there.
Every twelfth year, holy men from all over India assemble for the great Kumbha-melā festival. The brāhmaṇa wanted to take advantage of the Māgha-melā and bathe there.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took His bath at Akrūra-ghāṭa, He submerged Himself in the water for a long time. Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya decided to take Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Prayāga after visiting the holy place known as Soro-kṣetra.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
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In this verse: “festival”, “gathered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How did the time of year create an opportunity for the brāhmaṇa's proposed visit?
Write down the distinction between the yearly Māgha-melā and the Kumbha-melā held every twelfth year.
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