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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 2: The Ecstatic Manifestations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Madhya 2.69Madhya 2.71

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.70

তুমি নাথ — ব্রজপ্রাণ,     ব্রজের কর পরিত্রাণ,

বহু কার্যে নাহি অবকাশ ।

তুমি আমার রমণ,     সুখ দিতে আগমন,

এ তোমার বৈদগ্ধ্য-বিলাস ॥ ৭০ ॥

tumi nātha — vraja-prāṇa, vrajera kara paritrāṇa,

bahu kārye nāhi avakāśa

tumi āmāra ramaṇa, sukha dite āgamana,

e tomāra vaidagdhya-vilāsa

Translation

“My dear Lord, You are the master and the life and soul of Vṛndāvana. Kindly arrange for the deliverance of Vṛndāvana. We have no leisure hours away from our many activities. Actually, You are My enjoyer. You have appeared just to give Me happiness, and this is one of Your expert activities.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa, the Life and Soul of Vṛndāvana

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa is addressed as the master and the life and soul of Vṛndāvana, and is asked to arrange for its deliverance.

  2. 2

    The speaker calls Kṛṣṇa the enjoyer and says that He has appeared to give happiness through His expert activities.

  3. 3

    Vaidagdhya means being very expert, learned, humorous, cunning, beautiful and skilled in manifesting caricatures.

Key points from the purport
  • The word vaidagdhya means that one is very expert, learned, humorous, cunning, beautiful and skilled in manifesting caricatures.

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

Overwhelming divine separation. A preview of the last years reveals the Lord’s intense separation from Kṛṣṇa.

The mood of Madhya 2 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 2: The Ecstatic Manifestations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

After the disappearance of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī went to Vṛndāvana. At that time the author, Śrīla Kavirāja Gosvāmī, met Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, by whose mercy he also could memorize all the notes.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 2
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tumiYou
  2. nāthathe master
  3. vraja-prāṇathe life of Vrajabhūmi (Vṛndāvana)
  4. vrajeraof Vraja
  5. karado
  6. paritrāṇadeliverance
  7. bahumany
  8. kāryein activities
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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”

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “deliverance”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the phrase “life and soul of Vṛndāvana” convey to you about Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Repeat the verse’s request today: “Kindly arrange for the deliverance of Vṛndāvana.”

Live this todayKṛṣṇa, the Life and Soul of VṛndāvanaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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