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  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 18.81Madhya 18.83

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.82

হেনকালে আইলা বৈষ্ণব ‘কৃষ্ণদাস’ নাম ।

রাজপুত-জাতি, গৃহস্থ, যমুনা-পারে গ্রাম ॥ ৮২ ॥

hena-kāle āila vaiṣṇava ‘kṛṣṇadāsa’ nāma

rājaputa-jāti, — gṛhastha, yamunā-pāre grāma

Translation

During this time, a Vaiṣṇava named Kṛṣṇadāsa came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He was a householder belonging to the kṣatriya caste, and his house was located on the other side of the Yamunā.

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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 Householder Comes to See the Lord

  1. 1

    A Vaiṣṇava named Kṛṣṇadāsa came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇadāsa was a householder belonging to the kṣatriya caste.

  3. 3

    His house was on the other side of the Yamunā.

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:

Some years later, Lord Gopāla also went to Mathurā, to the house of Viṭhṭhaleśvara, and stayed there for one month just to give an audience to Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. 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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. hena-kāleat this time
  2. āilacame
  3. vaiṣṇavaa devotee
  4. kṛṣṇadāsa nāmaof the name Kṛṣṇadāsa
  5. rājaputa-jātibelonging to the kṣatriya class
  6. gṛhasthahouseholder
  7. yamunā-pāre grāmahis residence on the other side of the Yamunā
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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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to me about Kṛṣṇadāsa being both a Vaiṣṇava and a householder?

Practice

Take a moment today to reflect on Kṛṣṇadāsa’s visit to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Live this todayA Householder Comes to See the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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