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  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 7: The Lord Begins His Tour of South India
Madhya 7.102Madhya 7.104

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.103

সেই যাই’ গ্রামের লোক বৈষ্ণব করয় ।

অন্যগ্ৰামী আসি’ তাঁরে দেখি’ বৈষ্ণব হয় ॥ ১০৩ ॥

sei yāi’ grāmera loka vaiṣṇava karaya

anya-grāmī āsi’ tāṅre dekhi’ vaiṣṇava haya

Translation

When each of these newly empowered individuals returned to his own village, he also converted the villagers into devotees. And when others came from different villages to see him, they were also converted.

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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.

Devotion Spreads Through Newly Empowered People

  1. 1

    Each newly empowered individual returned to his own village.

  2. 2

    He then converted the villagers into devotees.

  3. 3

    People from other villages came to see him and also became devotees.

How it feels

Expansive compassion. The Lord carries nāma and mercy from village to village, including deliverance of Vāsudeva.

The mood of Madhya 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 7: The Lord Begins His Tour of South India

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

After teaching the people of one village, the Lord proceeded to other villages to increase devotees. In this way He finally reached Kūrma-sthāna.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. seithat Vaiṣṇava
  2. yāi’going to his own village
  3. grāmera lokaall the people of the village
  4. vaiṣṇavadevotees
  5. karayamakes
  6. anya-grāmīinhabitants from different villages
  7. āsi’coming there
  8. tāṅre dekhi’by seeing him
  9. vaiṣṇava hayabecome devotees
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What strikes you about devotion spreading through people who returned home?

Practice

Share this verse with someone today, noting how the newly empowered people helped others become devotees.

Live this todayDevotion Spreads Through Newly Empowered PeopleThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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