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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 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas
Madhya 25.17Madhya 25.19

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.18

যে দিবস প্রভু সন্ন্যাসীরে কৃপা কৈল ।

সে দিবস হৈতে গ্রামে কোলাহল হৈল ॥ ১৮ ॥

ye divasa prabhu sannyāsīre kṛpā kaila

se divasa haite grāme kolāhala haila

Translation

Beginning from the day on which Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu showed His mercy to the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs, there were vivid discussions about this conversion among the inhabitants of Vārāṇasī.

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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.

The Lord’s Mercy Becomes Widely Discussed

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu showed His mercy to the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs.

  2. 2

    From that day, the inhabitants of Vārāṇasī vividly discussed their conversion.

  3. 3

    The change among the sannyāsīs became a subject of discussion throughout the community.

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. ye divasathe day when
  2. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. sannyāsīreto the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs
  4. kṛpā kailashowed His mercy
  5. se divasa haitebeginning from that day
  6. grāmein the locality
  7. kolāhala hailathere were many talks about this incident
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “discussions”, “discussed”

  • 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: “mercy”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What draws my attention to the mercy Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu showed these sannyāsīs?

Practice

Tell someone, in one sentence, how the Lord’s mercy became a subject of discussion in Vārāṇasī.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Mercy Becomes Widely DiscussedThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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