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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.112
প্রথমেই কহিল প্রভুর যেরূপে গমন ।
এইমত জানিহ যাবৎ দক্ষিণ-ভ্রমণ ॥ ১১২ ॥
prathamei kahila prabhura ye-rūpe gamana
ei-mata jāniha yāvat dakṣiṇa-bhramaṇa
Whatever I have stated about the beginning of the Lord’s tour should also be understood to hold for as long as the Lord toured South India.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The author has described the beginning of the Lord’s tour.
What he stated about that beginning also applies to the rest of the tour.
This understanding holds for as long as the Lord toured South India.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The Lord began chanting the mantra “ kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa he. ” In whatever village He spent the night, whenever a person came to see Him in His shelter, the Lord implored him to preach the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. After teaching the people of one village, the Lord proceeded to other villages to increase devotees.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 7
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this instruction shape my reading of the Lord’s continuing tour?
Write a brief reading reminder: “The opening description applies throughout the South India tour.”
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