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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 18.213 Madhya 18.215

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.214

সোরোক্ষেত্রে আসি’ প্রভু কৈলা গঙ্গাস্নান ।

গঙ্গাতীর-পথে কৈলা প্রয়াগে প্রয়াণ ॥ ২১৪ ॥

soro-kṣetre āsi’ prabhu kailā gaṅgā-snāna

gaṅgā-tīra-pathe kailā prayāge prayāṇa

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu next went to a holy place of pilgrimage called Soro-kṣetra. He took His bath in the Ganges there and started for Prayāga on the path along the banks of the Ganges.

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

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Pilgrimage Along the Ganges

1
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu next visited the holy place of pilgrimage called Soro-kṣetra.
2
He took His bath in the Ganges there.
3
He then started for Prayāga, following the path along the banks of the Ganges.

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

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

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.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

soro-kṣetreto Soro-kṣetra
āsi’coming
prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
kailādid
gaṅgā-snānabathing in the Ganges
gaṅgā-tīra-patheon the path on the bank of the Ganges
kailādid
prayāge prayāṇadeparture for Prayāga

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What helps you attend carefully to the details of the Lord’s pilgrimage?

Practice

Read the verse slowly and recall the sequence: arrival at Soro-kṣetra, bathing in the Ganges, and departure for Prayāga.

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