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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 7.12 Madhya 7.14

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.13

বিশ্বরূপ-সিদ্ধি-প্রাপ্তি জানেন সকল ।

দক্ষিণ-দেশ উদ্ধারিতে করেন এই ছল ॥ ১৩ ॥

viśvarūpa-siddhi-prāpti jānena sakala

dakṣiṇa-deśa uddhārite karena ei chala

Translation

Knowing everything, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was aware that Viśvarūpa had already passed away. A pretense of ignorance was necessary, however, so that He could go to South India and liberate the people there.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

His Journey Was to Liberate Others

1
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu knew everything and was aware that Viśvarūpa had already passed away.
2
His apparent ignorance was a pretense necessary for His journey.
3
He wished to go to South India to liberate the people there.

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

Madhya 7: The Lord Begins His Tour of South India

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

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted the renounced order of life in the month of Māgha (January-February) and went to Jagannātha Purī in the month of Phālguna (February-March). He saw the Dola-yātrā festival during the month of Phālguna, and in the month of Caitra He liberated Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

viśvarūpaof Viśvarūpa
siddhiof perfection
prāptiachievement
jānenathe Lord knows
sakalaeverything
dakṣiṇa-deśaSouth India
uddhāritejust to liberate
karenamakes
eithis
chalapretense

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does His purpose of liberating others reveal about this journey?

Practice

Write one sentence recalling the purpose of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s journey: to liberate the people of South India.

Live this todayHis Journey Was to Liberate OthersThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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