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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 18.223

বৃন্দাবন-গমন, প্রভু-চরিত্র অনন্ত ।

‘সহস্র-বদন’ যাঁর নাহি পা’ন অন্ত ॥ ২২৩ ॥

vṛndāvana-gamana, prabhu-caritra ananta

‘sahasra-vadana’ yāṅra nāhi pā’na anta

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s visit to Vṛndāvana and His activities there are unlimited. Even Lord Śeṣa, who has thousands of hoods, cannot reach the end of His activities.

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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.

His Activities Are Unlimited

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s visit to Vṛndāvana and His activities there are unlimited.

  2. 2

    Lord Śeṣa has thousands of hoods.

  3. 3

    Even Lord Śeṣa cannot reach the end of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s activities.

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. vṛndāvana-gamanagoing to Vṛndāvana
  2. prabhu-caritrapastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. anantaunlimited
  4. sahasra-vadanaLord Śeṣa, who has thousands of hoods
  5. yāṅrawhose
  6. nāhidoes not
  7. pā’naget
  8. antalimit
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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: “vṛndāvana”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this description invite humility in your study of His activities?

Practice

Pause after reading today and acknowledge that His activities extend beyond what you can fully describe.

Live this todayHis Activities Are UnlimitedThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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