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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 25.240Madhya 25.242

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.241

শেষ অষ্টাদশ বৎসর নীলাচলে বাস ।

ভক্তগণ-সঙ্গে করে কীর্তন-বিলাস ॥ ২৪১ ॥

śeṣa aṣṭādaśa vatsara nīlācale vāsa

bhakta-gaṇa-saṅge kare kīrtana-vilāsa

Translation

After taking sannyāsa at the age of twenty-four, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lived another twenty-four years. For six of these years, He traveled extensively throughout India, sometimes going to Jagannātha Purī and sometimes leaving. After traveling for six years, the Lord fixed His residence at Jagannātha Purī and stayed there for the eighteen remaining years of His life. During these eighteen years He mainly chanted Hare Kṛṣṇa with His devotees.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Settled Life Centered on Chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took sannyāsa at twenty-four and lived another twenty-four years.

  2. 2

    For six years He traveled extensively throughout India, sometimes visiting Jagannātha Purī and sometimes leaving. He then fixed His residence there for His remaining eighteen years.

  3. 3

    During those eighteen years, He mainly chanted Hare Kṛṣṇa with His devotees.

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:

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to Jagannātha Purī through the great forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa (Jharkhand) in central India. At the end of this chapter, Kavirāja Gosvāmī sums up the incidents of the madhya-līlā and instructs every living being to read this sublime book of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. śeṣa aṣṭādaśa vatsarathe remaining eighteen years
  2. nīlācale vāsaresidence at Jagannātha Purī
  3. bhakta-gaṇa-saṅgewith devotees
  4. kareperforms
  5. kīrtana-vilāsathe pastimes of chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra.
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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: “chanted”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What place can chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa with devotees have in your daily life?

Practice

Set aside a few minutes today to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, with devotees if possible.

Live this todaySettled Life Centered on Chanting Hare KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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