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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 4: Śrī Mādhavendra Purī’s Devotional Service
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Madhya 4.3-4

নীলাদ্রিগমন, জগন্নাথ-দরশন ।

সার্বভৌম ভট্টাচার্য-প্ৰভুর মিলন ॥ ৩ ॥

nīlādri-gamana, jagannātha-daraśana

sārvabhauma bhaṭṭācārya-prabhura milana

Translation

The Lord went to Jagannātha Purī and visited Lord Jagannātha’s temple. He also met with Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya. All these pastimes have been very elaborately explained by Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura in his book Caitanya-bhāgavata.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord’s Pastimes Are Carefully Recorded

  1. 1

    The Lord went to Jagannātha Purī and visited Lord Jagannātha’s temple.

  2. 2

    He also met with Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.

  3. 3

    Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura explained all these pastimes very elaborately in Caitanya-bhāgavata.

How it feels

Selfless service and longing. Gopāla’s requests, Gopīnātha’s mercy, and Mādhavendra Purī’s devotion deepen the theme of longing.

The mood of Madhya 4 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 4: Śrī Mādhavendra Purī’s Devotional Service

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

In his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives the following summary of the fourth chapter. Passing along the path of Chatrabhoga and coming to Vṛddhamantreśvara, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu reached the border of Orissa.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. nīlādri-gamanagoing to Jagannātha Purī
  2. jagannātha-daraśanavisiting the temple of Lord Jagannātha
  3. sārvabhauma bhaṭṭācāryawith Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
  4. prabhuraof the Lord
  5. milanameeting
  6. e sabaall these
  7. līlāpastimes
  8. prabhuraof the Lord
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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

What do you appreciate about having these pastimes described in detail?

Practice

Reread the translation and recall the temple visit and meeting it records.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Pastimes Are Carefully RecordedThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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