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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.177
এইমত দিন পঞ্চ লোক নিস্তারিয়া ।
আর দিন চলিলা প্রভু উদ্বিগ্ন হঞা ॥ ১৭৭ ॥
ei-mata dina pañca loka nistāriyā
āra dina calilā prabhu udvigna hañā
In this way, for five days Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu delivered the people of Vārāṇasī. Finally, on the next day, He became very eager to leave.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu delivered the people of Vārāṇasī for five days.
“In this way” recalls His invitation to chant and the people’s response of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa.
On the next day, the Lord became very eager to leave. This marks the close of the five days described here.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
From that day on, all the sannyāsīs of Vārāṇasī became devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Before returning to His headquarters at Jagannātha Purī, the Lord advised Sanātana Gosvāmī to go to Vṛndāvana.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
Learn the words of the 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: “delivered”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chant”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I respond today to the invitation to chant that the people of Vārāṇasī received?
Set aside a brief moment today to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, remembering the Lord’s mercy to the people of Vārāṇasī.
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