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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.3
পূর্ব-রীতে প্রভু আগে গমন করিলা ।
‘জিয়ড়নৃসিংহ’-ক্ষেত্রে কতদিনে গেলা ॥ ৩ ॥
pūrva-rīte prabhu āge gamana karilā
‘jiyaḍa-nṛsiṁha’-kṣetre kata-dine gelā
According to His previous program, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went forward on His tour and after some days arrived at the place of pilgrimage known as Jiyaḍa-nṛsiṁha.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Following His previous program, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu reached Jiyaḍa-nṛsiṁha. The temple stands on a hill about five miles from Visakhapatnam.
The temple, known as Siṁhācala, is affluent and a typical example of the area’s architecture. Residential quarters accommodate priests and visiting devotees.
The original Deity remains within the depths of the temple, while the smaller vijaya-mūrti can be taken in public processions. Priests generally belonging to the Rāmānuja-sampradāya conduct the Deity worship.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 8 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:
After visiting the temple of Jiyaḍa-nṛsiṁha, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to the banks of the river Godāvarī, to a place known as Vidyānagara. When Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya went there to take his bath, they met.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do the arrangements for worship and visiting devotees help you notice about this temple?
Write down the distinction between the original Deity and the vijaya-mūrti.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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