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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 18.73Madhya 18.75

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.74

এইরঙ্গে সেইদিন তথা গোঙাইলা ।

সন্ধ্যাকালে অক্রূরে আসি’ ভিক্ষা নিৰ্বাহিলা ॥ ৭৪ ॥

ei-raṅge sei-dina tathā goṅāilā

sandhyā-kāle akrūre āsi’ bhikṣā nirvāhilā

Translation

Being thus transcendentally amused, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu passed that day happily at Keśī-tīrtha. In the evening He returned to Akrūra-tīrtha, where He took His meal.

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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.

A Happy Day at Keśī-tīrtha

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu passed the day happily at Keśī-tīrtha.

  2. 2

    He was transcendentally amused there.

  3. 3

    In the evening He returned to Akrūra-tīrtha, where He took His meal.

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:

After visiting Nandīśvara, Pāvana-sarovara, Śeṣaśāyī, Khelā-tīrtha, Bhāṇḍīravana, Bhadravana, Lohavana and Mahāvana, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to Gokula and then finally returned to Mathurā. Seeing a great crowd in Mathurā, He moved His residence near Akrūra-ghāṭa, and from there He went every day to Vṛndāvana to see Kālīya-hrada, Dvādaśāditya-ghāṭa, Keśī-ghāṭa, Rāsa-sthalī, Cīra-ghāṭa and Āmli-talā.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ei-raṅgein this amusement
  2. sei-dinathat day
  3. tathā goṅāilāpassed the day there
  4. sandhyā-kālein the evening
  5. akrūre āsi’returning to Akrūra-tīrtha
  6. bhikṣā nirvāhilātook His meal
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this verse describe Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s happiness?

Practice

Pause today to recall the Lord’s happy day at Keśī-tīrtha and His evening return to Akrūra-tīrtha.

Live this todayA Happy Day at Keśī-tīrthaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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