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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 25.251Madhya 25.253

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.252

ত্রয়োদশে — রথ-আগে প্রভুর নর্তন ।

চতুর্দশে — ‘হেরাপঞ্চমী’-যাত্রা-দরশন ॥ ২৫২ ॥

trayodaśe — ratha-āge prabhura nartana

caturdaśe — ‘herā-pañcamī’-yātrā-daraśana

Translation

In the thirteenth chapter I have described Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s dancing before the chariot of Jagannātha. In the fourteenth chapter, there is an account of the Herā-pañcamī function.

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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 Dancing and Herā-pañcamī

  1. 1

    The thirteenth chapter describes Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s dancing.

  2. 2

    He danced before the chariot of Jagannātha.

  3. 3

    The fourteenth chapter gives an account of the Herā-pañcamī function.

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.
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. trayodaśein the thirteenth chapter
  2. ratha-āgein front of the Jagannātha ratha
  3. prabhura nartanaLord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s dancing
  4. caturdaśein the fourteenth chapter
  5. herā-pañcamīHerā-pañcamī, which takes place on the fifth day of Ratha-yātrā
  6. yātrāfestival
  7. daraśanavisiting
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What detail draws your attention as you read about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s dancing?

Practice

Pause after reading and recall Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu dancing before Jagannātha’s chariot.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Dancing and Herā-pañcamīThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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