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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.150
তবে সুখ হয় যবে গঙ্গাপথে যাইয়ে ।
এবে যদি যাই, ‘মকরে’ গঙ্গাস্নান পাইয়ে ॥ ১৫০ ॥
tabe sukha haya yabe gaṅgā-pathe yāiye
ebe yadi yāi, ‘makare’ gaṅgā-snāna pāiye
“I will be very happy if we all leave and take the path by the banks of the Ganges. Then we can have the opportunity of bathing in the Ganges at Prayāga during Makara-saṅkrānti.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya says that leaving together by the banks of the Ganges would make him very happy.
The journey would offer an opportunity to bathe in the Ganges at Prayāga during Makara-saṅkrānti.
The purport identifies two great occasions for bathing in the Ganges during Māgha-melā: the dark-moon day and the full-moon day of Māgha.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The same village today is known as the village of Pāṭhāna Vaiṣṇavas. After bathing in the Ganges at Soro, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu arrived at Prayāga, at the confluence of three rivers — the Ganges, Yamunā and Sarasvatī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
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In this verse: “together”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What opportunity does Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya hope the journey will provide?
Note the two bathing occasions named in the purport: the dark-moon and full-moon days of Māgha.
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