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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 18.219Madhya 18.221

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.220

তাঁর সঙ্গে অন্যোন্যে, তাঁর সঙ্গে আন ।

এইমত ‘বৈষ্ণব’ কৈলা সব দেশ-গ্রাম ॥ ২২০ ॥

tāṅra saṅge anyonye, tāṅra saṅge āna

ei-mata ‘vaiṣṇava’ kailā saba deśa-grāma

Translation

Whoever met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became a Vaiṣṇava, and whoever met that Vaiṣṇava also became a Vaiṣṇava. In this way, all the towns and villages became Vaiṣṇava, one after the other.

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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.

Devotion Spread Through Meeting Vaiṣṇavas

  1. 1

    Whoever met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became a Vaiṣṇava.

  2. 2

    Whoever then met that Vaiṣṇava also became a Vaiṣṇava.

  3. 3

    In this way, towns and villages became Vaiṣṇava, one after another.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tāṅra saṅgewith Him
  2. anyonyeother
  3. tāṅra saṅgeand with him
  4. ānaanother
  5. ei-matain this way
  6. vaiṣṇavaVaiṣṇava
  7. kailāmade
  8. sabaall
  9. deśa-grāmavillages and towns
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this verse help you appreciate about meeting a Vaiṣṇava?

Practice

Make time today for a brief conversation with a Vaiṣṇava.

Live this todayDevotion Spread Through Meeting VaiṣṇavasThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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