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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
Madhya 3.17Madhya 3.20

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Madhya 3.18-19

তবে প্রভু পুছিলেন, — ‘শুন, শিশুগণ ।

কহ দেখি, কোন্ পথে যাব বৃন্দাবন ॥’ ১৮ ॥

tabe prabhu puchilena, — ‘śuna, śiśu-gaṇa

kaha dekhi, kon pathe yāba vṛndāvana’

Translation

When the cowherd boys were questioned by Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu about the path to Vṛndāvana, the boys showed Him the path on the bank of the Ganges, and the Lord went that way in ecstasy.

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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 Proceeds in Ecstasy

  1. 1

    Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked the cowherd boys about the path to Vṛndāvana.

  2. 2

    The boys showed Him the path on the bank of the Ganges.

  3. 3

    The Lord went along that path in ecstasy.

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:

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was induced to believe that the river Ganges was the Yamunā. When He was worshiping the sacred river, Advaita Prabhu arrived in a boat.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 3
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tabethereafter
  2. prabhuthe Lord
  3. puchilenainquired
  4. śunahear
  5. śiśu-gaṇaO boys
  6. kaha dekhiplease tell Me
  7. kon pathein which way
  8. yābaI shall go
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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”, “cowherd”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the mention of the Lord’s ecstasy shape your reading of His journey?

Practice

Pause over the words “the Lord went that way in ecstasy” and recall His mood.

Live this todayThe Lord Proceeds in EcstasyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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