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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 3.28

চিদানন্দভানোঃ সদা নন্দসূনোঃ

পরপ্রেমপাত্রী দ্ৰবব্ৰহ্মগাত্রী ।

অঘানাং লবিত্রী জগৎক্ষেমধাত্রী

পবিত্রীক্রিয়ান্নো বপুর্মিত্রপুত্রী ॥ ২৮ ॥

cid-ānanda-bhānoḥ sadā nanda-sūnoḥ

para-prema-pātrī drava-brahma-gātrī

aghānāṁ lavitrī jagat-kṣema-dhātrī

pavitrī-kriyān no vapur mitra-putrī

Translation

“O river Yamunā, you are the blissful spiritual water that gives love to the son of Nanda Mahārāja. You are the same as the water of the spiritual world, for you can vanquish all our offenses and the sinful reactions incurred in life. You are the creator of all auspicious things for the world. O daughter of the sun-god, kindly purify us by your pious activities.”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Yamunā Gives Love and Purification

  1. 1

    The prayer praises Yamunā as blissful spiritual water that gives love to the son of Nanda Mahārāja.

  2. 2

    Her water is the same as the water of the spiritual world and can vanquish offenses and sinful reactions.

  3. 3

    She creates all auspicious things for the world. Addressing her as the daughter of the sun-god, the prayer asks her to purify us.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse is recorded in the Caitanya-candrodaya-nāṭaka (5.13), by Kavi-karṇapūra.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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. cit-ānanda-bhānoḥof the direct manifestation of spiritual energy and bliss
  2. sadāalways
  3. nanda-sūnoḥof the son of Mahārāja Nanda
  4. para-prema-pātrīthe giver of the highest love
  5. drava-brahma-gātrīcomposed of the water of the spiritual world
  6. aghānāmof all sins and offenses
  7. lavitrīthe destroyer
  8. jagat-kṣema-dhātrīthe performer of everything auspicious for the world
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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: “yamunā”, “nanda”

  • 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”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which part of this prayer’s request for love and purification speaks most to you?

Practice

Read this prayer aloud once, giving special attention to its request for purification.

Live this todayYamunā Gives Love and PurificationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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