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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 3: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Stay at the House of Advaita Ācārya
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.1

ন্যাসং বিধায়োৎপ্রণয়োঽথ গৌরো

বৃন্দাবনং গন্তুমনা ভ্রমাদ্ যঃ ।

রাঢ়ে ভ্রমন্ শান্তিপুরীময়িত্বা

ললাস ভক্তৈরিহ তং নতোঽস্মি ॥ ১ ॥

nyāsaṁ vidhāyotpraṇayo ’tha gauro

vṛndāvanaṁ gantu-manā bhramād yaḥ

rāḍhe bhraman śānti-purīm ayitvā

lalāsa bhaktair iha taṁ nato ’smi

Translation

After accepting the sannyāsa order of life, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, out of intense love for Kṛṣṇa, wanted to go to Vṛndāvana, but apparently by mistake He wandered in the Rāḍha-deśa. Later He arrived at Śāntipura and enjoyed Himself there with His devotees. I offer my respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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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.

Intense Love for Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    After accepting the sannyāsa order, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to go to Vṛndāvana out of intense love for Kṛṣṇa.

  2. 2

    Apparently by mistake, He wandered in Rāḍha-deśa. Later He arrived at Śāntipura and enjoyed Himself with His devotees.

  3. 3

    The author offers respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

How it feels

Reunion and heartbreaking parting. After sannyāsa, mother Śacī and the devotees reunite with Him before consenting to separation.

The mood of Madhya 3 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 3: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Stay at the House of Advaita Ācārya

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

After accepting the sannyāsa order at Katwa, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu traveled continuously for three days in Rāḍha-deśa and, by the trick of Nityānanda Prabhu, eventually came to the western side of Śāntipura. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was induced to believe that the river Ganges was the Yamunā.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. nyāsamthe regular ritualistic ceremonies of the sannyāsa order
  2. vidhāyaafter accepting
  3. utpraṇayaḥarousal of intense love for Kṛṣṇa
  4. athathus
  5. gauraḥŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. vṛndāvanamto Vṛndāvana
  7. gantu-manāḥthinking of going
  8. bhramātapparently by mistake
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love for krsna”

  • Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose

    The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “rāḍha-deśa”

  • 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

What draws your attention in Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s intense love for Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Offer respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu today.

Live this todayIntense Love for KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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