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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.210

তাঁ-সবারে কৃপা করি’ প্রভু ত’ চলিলা ।

সেইত পাঠান সব ‘বৈরাগী’ হইলা ॥ ২১০ ॥

tāṅ-sabāre kṛpā kari’ prabhu ta’ calilā

seita pāṭhāna saba ‘vairāgī’ ha-ilā

Translation

After bestowing His mercy upon them in this way, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left. All those Pāṭhāna Muslims then became mendicants.

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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.

Mercy Followed by a Changed Life

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bestowed His mercy upon the Pāṭhāna Muslims.

  2. 2

    After giving them His mercy, He left.

  3. 3

    All those Pāṭhāna Muslims then became mendicants, living as religious beggars.

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:

Thus the leader of the soldiers, named Vijulī Khān, surrendered to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and he and his party became devotees of Lord Kṛṣṇa. The same village today is known as the village of Pāṭhāna Vaiṣṇavas.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tāṅ-sabāreto all of them
  2. kṛpā kari’bestowing mercy
  3. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. ta’indeed
  5. calilādeparted
  6. seitathey
  7. pāṭhānathe Muslims of the Pāṭhāna community
  8. sabaall
  9. vairāgī ha-ilābecame mendicants
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mercy”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does their change of life invite you to consider about receiving mercy?

Practice

Take a moment today to reflect on the mercy Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bestowed upon these Pāṭhānas.

Live this todayMercy Followed by a Changed LifeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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