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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 25.247Madhya 25.249

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.248

ষষ্ঠে — সার্বভৌমের করিলা উদ্ধার ।

সপ্তমে — তীর্থযাত্রা, বাসুদেব-নিস্তার ॥ ২৪৮ ॥

ṣaṣṭhe — sārvabhaumera karilā uddhāra

saptame — tīrtha-yātrā, vāsudeva nistāra

Translation

In the sixth chapter I have told how Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya was delivered, and in the seventh chapter I have described the Lord’s tour of different holy places and His deliverance of Vāsudeva.

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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.

Recall the Lord’s Deliverance and Holy Travels

  1. 1

    The sixth chapter tells how Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya was delivered.

  2. 2

    The seventh chapter describes the Lord’s tour of different holy places.

  3. 3

    The seventh chapter also describes His deliverance of Vāsudeva.

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.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ṣaṣṭhein the sixth chapter
  2. sārvabhaumeraSārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
  3. karilā uddhārathe Lord delivered
  4. saptamein the seventh chapter
  5. tīrtha-yātrāgoing to different holy places
  6. vāsudeva nistāradelivering Vāsudeva
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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: “delivered”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this summary direct your attention to the Lord’s acts of deliverance?

Practice

Make two short notes, one for each chapter, keeping the acts of deliverance with their respective chapters.

Live this todayRecall the Lord’s Deliverance and Holy TravelsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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