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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 25.15Madhya 25.17

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.16

তাহাঁ যৈছে কৈলা প্রভু সন্ন্যাসীর নিস্তার ।

পঞ্চতত্ত্বাখ্যানে তাহা করিয়াছি বিস্তার ॥ ১৬ ॥

tāhāṅ yaiche kailā prabhu sannyāsīra nistāra

pañca-tattvākhyāne tāhā kariyāchi vistāra

Translation

I have already described Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s deliverance of the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs in the seventh chapter of the Ādi-līlā, when I described the glories of the Pañca-tattva — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, Advaita Prabhu, Gadādhara Prabhu and Śrīvāsa.

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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.

Remembering the Lord’s Deliverance of the Sannyāsīs

  1. 1

    The author recalls that he has already described Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s deliverance of the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs.

  2. 2

    That account appears in the seventh chapter of the Ādi-līlā, in his description of the glories of the Pañca-tattva.

  3. 3

    The Pañca-tattva are Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, Advaita Prabhu, Gadādhara Prabhu and Śrīvāsa.

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 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. From that day, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became famous in the city of Vārāṇasī, and many important men in that city became His followers.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tāhāṅthere
  2. yaichehow
  3. kailāperformed
  4. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  5. sannyāsīraof the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs
  6. nistāradeliverance
  7. pañca-tattva-ākhyānein describing the glories of the Pañca-tattva (Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, Prabhu Nityānanda, Śrī Advaita, Gadādhara and Śrīvāsa)
  8. tāhāthat subject matter
  9. kariyāchi vistārahave described elaborately
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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

How does knowing that the sannyāsīs were delivered shape my understanding of this meeting?

Practice

Read aloud the five names of the Pañca-tattva given in this verse.

Live this todayRemembering the Lord’s Deliverance of the SannyāsīsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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