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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 18: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Visit to Śrī Vṛndāvana
Madhya 18.145Madhya 18.147

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.146

আপনার দুঃখ কিছু করি’ নিবেদন ।

‘মকর-পঁচসি প্রয়াগে’ করিহ সূচন ॥ ১৪৬ ॥

āpanāra duḥkha kichu kari’ nivedana

‘makara-paṅcasi prayāge’ kariha sūcana

Translation

The Sanoḍiyā brāhmaṇa continued, “Kindly submit to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu the unhappiness you are feeling within yourself. Then propose that we all go to Prayāga on the full-moon day of the month of Māgha.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Express Unhappiness and Humbly Propose a Plan

  1. 1

    The Sanoḍiyā brāhmaṇa advises that inner unhappiness be submitted to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    He suggests proposing that they all go to Prayāga together.

  3. 3

    The proposed departure is on the full-moon day of the month of Māgha.

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:

While stopping near a village on the way to Prayāga, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fainted in ecstatic love. Some Pāṭhāna soldiers who were passing through saw Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and falsely concluded that the Lord’s associates, Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya and others, had killed the Lord with a poison named dhuturā and were taking His wealth.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. āpanārapersonal
  2. duḥkhaunhappiness
  3. kichusome
  4. kari’doing
  5. nivedanasubmission
  6. makara-paṅcasithe full-moon day in the month of Māgha
  7. prayāgeto Prayāga
  8. kariha sūcanakindly inform
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts

    Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “together”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can you express an inner difficulty honestly while making a respectful request?

Practice

Put one concern into a short prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, along with a humble request.

Live this todayExpress Unhappiness and Humbly Propose a PlanThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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