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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 25.255Madhya 25.257

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.256

সপ্তদশে — বনপথে মথুরা-গমন ।

অষ্টাদশে — বৃন্দাবন-বিহার-বর্ণন ॥ ২৫৬ ॥

saptadaśe — vanapathe mathurā-gamana

aṣṭādaśe — vṛndāvana-vihāra-varṇana

Translation

In the seventeenth chapter I have described the Lord’s journey through the great forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa and His arrival at Mathurā. In the eighteenth chapter there is a description of His tour of the forest of Vṛndāvana.

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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.

Through Jhārikhaṇḍa to Mathurā and Vṛndāvana

  1. 1

    The seventeenth chapter describes the Lord’s journey through the great forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa.

  2. 2

    That chapter also describes His arrival at Mathurā.

  3. 3

    The eighteenth chapter describes His tour of the forest of Vṛndāvana.

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. saptadaśein the seventeenth chapter
  2. vana-pathethrough the forest path
  3. mathurā-gamanaLord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s going to Mathurā
  4. aṣṭādaśein the eighteenth chapter
  5. vṛndāvana-vihāra-varṇanadescription of His touring the forest of Vṛndāvana
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “vṛndāvana”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which part of this journey would you like to understand more clearly?

Practice

Read aloud the three places named here: Jhārikhaṇḍa, Mathurā, and Vṛndāvana.

Live this todayThrough Jhārikhaṇḍa to Mathurā and VṛndāvanaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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