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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.230

“আজি মুঞি অনায়াসে জিনিনু ত্রিভুবন ।

আজি মুঞি করিনু বৈকুন্ঠ আরোহণ ॥ ২৩০ ॥

“āji muñi anāyāse jininu tribhuvana

āji muñi karinu vaikuṇṭha ārohaṇa

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “Today I have conquered the three worlds very easily. Today I have ascended to the spiritual world.”

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Aspire Beyond Matter to Goloka Vṛndāvana

  1. 1

    Human perfection means surpassing the material planetary systems, piercing the universe’s covering and reaching the spiritual world, known as Vaikuṇṭhaloka.

  2. 2

    The Vaikuṇṭhalokas are varied spiritual planets within the Lord’s impersonal bodily effulgence, the brahmajyoti. One spiritually advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness does not wish to remain even on higher material planets.

  3. 3

    Devotees guided by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu aspire to reach Goloka Vṛndāvana, the topmost spiritual planet. It is the residence of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa and His eternal associates.

Key points from the purport
  • One has to surpass all the planetary systems of the material universe, pierce through the covering of the universe and reach the spiritual world, known as Vaikuṇṭhaloka.
  • Rather, he prefers to penetrate the covering of the universe and attain the spiritual world.
  • However, the devotees under the guidance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu aspire to reach the topmost spiritual planet, known as Goloka Vṛndāvana, the residence of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa and His eternal associates.

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

Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.

The mood of Madhya 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 6: The Liberation of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya

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

One morning after this incident, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu received some prasādam from Jagannātha and offered it to Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya. Without caring for formality, the Bhaṭṭācārya immediately partook of the mahā-prasādam.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ājitoday
  2. muñiI
  3. anāyāsevery easily
  4. jininuconquered
  5. tri-bhuvanathe three worlds
  6. ājitoday
  7. muñiI
  8. karinudid
  9. vaikuṇṭhato the spiritual world
  10. ārohaṇaascending
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “associates”

  • 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”

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

How does this spiritual goal differ from seeking a better position within the material world?

Practice

Write one sentence describing the destination sought by devotees under Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s guidance.

Live this todayAspire Beyond Matter to Goloka VṛndāvanaThis 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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