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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 7.148Madhya 7.150

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.149

এতেক কহিয়া প্রভু কৈল অন্তর্ধানে ।

দুই বিপ্র গলাগলি কান্দে প্রভুর গুণে ॥ ১৪৯ ॥

eteka kahiyā prabhu kaila antardhāne

dui vipra galāgali kānde prabhura guṇe

Translation

After instructing the brāhmaṇa Vāsudeva in that way, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu disappeared from that place. Then the two brāhmaṇas, Kūrma and Vāsudeva, embraced each other and began to cry, remembering the transcendental qualities of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Remember the Lord’s Transcendental Qualities Together

  1. 1

    After instructing Vāsudeva, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu disappeared from that place.

  2. 2

    The two brāhmaṇas, Kūrma and Vāsudeva, embraced each other.

  3. 3

    Remembering Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s transcendental qualities, they began to cry.

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:

While there, He bestowed His causeless mercy upon a brāhmaṇa called Kūrma and cured another brāhmaṇa, named Vāsudeva, who was suffering from leprosy. After curing this brāhmaṇa leper, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu received the title Vāsudevāmṛta-prada, meaning “one who delivered nectar to the leper Vāsudeva.”
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. etekaso much
  2. kahiyāspeaking
  3. prabhuLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. kailamade
  5. antardhānedisappearance
  6. dui viprathe two brāhmaṇas, Kūrma and Vāsudeva
  7. galāgaliembracing one another
  8. kāndecry
  9. prabhura guṇedue to the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “embraced”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What moves me when I remember Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s qualities?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute remembering Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s transcendental qualities.

Live this todayRemember the Lord’s Transcendental Qualities TogetherThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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