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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 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas
Madhya 24.355Madhya 25.2

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.1

বৈষ্ণবীকৃত্য সন্ন্যাসিমুখান্‌ কাশীনিবাসিনঃ ।

সনাতনং সুসংস্কৃত্য প্রভুর্নীলাদ্রিমাগমৎ ॥ ১ ॥

vaiṣṇavī-kṛtya sannyāsi-

mukhān kāśī-nivāsinaḥ

sanātanaṁ su-saṁskṛtya

prabhur nīlādrim āgamat

Translation

After converting into Vaiṣṇavas all the residents of Vārāṇasī, who were headed by the sannyāsīs, and after completely educating and instructing Sanātana Gosvāmī there, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to Jagannātha Purī.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Mercy and instruction in Vārāṇasī

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu converted all the residents of Vārāṇasī into Vaiṣṇavas. The sannyāsīs were at their head.

  2. 2

    He completely educated and instructed Sanātana Gosvāmī there.

  3. 3

    After completing this work in Vārāṇasī, He returned to Jagannātha Purī.

How it feels

Reconciliation and broad mercy. Opponents turn toward bhakti; the Lord returns to Purī and embraces devotees.

The mood of Madhya 25 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas

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

He was always very happy to hear the glories of the Lord, and it was by his arrangement that all the sannyāsīs of Vārāṇasī became devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He invited all the sannyāsīs to his house to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and this incident has been described in the seventh chapter of the Ādi-līlā.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. vaiṣṇavī-kṛtyamaking into Vaiṣṇavas
  2. sannyāsi-mukhānheaded by the sannyāsīs
  3. kāśī-nivāsinaḥthe residents of Vārāṇasī
  4. sanātanamSanātana Gosvāmī
  5. su-saṁskṛtyacompletely purifying
  6. prabhuḥLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  7. nīlādrimto Jagannātha Purī
  8. āgamatreturned
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about the Lord’s care in both transforming and instructing others?

Practice

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