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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 18.222

এইমত চলি’ প্রভু ‘প্রয়াগ’ আইলা ।

দশ-দিন ত্রিবেণীতে মকর-স্নান কৈলা ॥ ২২২ ॥

ei-mata cali‘ prabhu ‘prayāga’ āilā

daśa-dina triveṇīte makara-snāna kailā

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu finally arrived at Prayāga and for ten successive days bathed in the confluence of the rivers Yamunā and Ganges during the festival of Makara-saṅkrānti [Māgha-melā].

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Bathing at the Sacred River Confluence

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu arrived at Prayāga and bathed at the confluence for ten successive days during Makara-saṅkrānti, or Māgha-melā.

  2. 2

    The word triveṇī indicates the confluence of three rivers: the Ganges, Yamunā and Sarasvatī.

  3. 3

    The Sarasvatī River is presently not visible, but the Ganges and Yamunā merge at Allahabad.

Key points from the purport
  • Actually the word triveṇī indicates the confluence of three rivers — namely the Ganges, Yamunā and Sarasvatī.
  • Presently the Sarasvatī River is not visible, but the river Ganges and the river Yamunā merge at Allahabad.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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:

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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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ei-matain this way
  2. cali’walking
  3. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. prayāgathe holy place named Prayāga
  5. āilāreached
  6. daśa-dinaten days
  7. triveṇīteat the confluence of the rivers Ganges and Yamunā
  8. makara-snāna kailābathed during the festival of Makara, or Māgha-melā
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “yamunā”

  • 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: “festival”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the explanation of triveṇī deepen your understanding of the place where He bathed?

Practice

Write down the meaning of triveṇī and the names of its three rivers.

Live this todayBathing at the Sacred River ConfluenceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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