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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.177

তাঁর সঙ্গে মহাপ্রভু করি ইষ্টগোষ্ঠী ।

তাঁর আজ্ঞা লঞা আইলা পুরী কামকোষ্ঠী ॥ ১৭৭ ॥

tāṅra saṅge mahāprabhu kari iṣṭagoṣṭhī

tāṅra ājñā lañā āilā purī kāmakoṣṭhī

Translation

After talking with Lord Śiva, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took his permission to leave and went to Kāmakoṣṭhī-purī.

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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.

Respectful Departure After Conversation

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu finished talking with Lord Śiva.

  2. 2

    He took Lord Śiva’s permission to leave.

  3. 3

    He then went to Kāmakoṣṭhī-purī.

How it feels

Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.

The mood of Madhya 9 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Travels to the Holy Places

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

From there He went to Kāmakoṣṭhī-purī and later arrived at southern Mathurā. A brāhmaṇa devotee of Lord Rāmacandra talked with Him.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tāṅra saṅgewith him
  2. mahāprabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. kari iṣṭa-goṣṭhīdiscussing spiritual subject matter
  4. tāṅrahis
  5. ājñāorder
  6. lañātaking
  7. āilācame
  8. purī kāmakoṣṭhīto Kāmakoṣṭhī-purī
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What can you learn from the Lord’s care in taking permission before leaving?

Practice

Before leaving someone’s company today, respectfully ask to take your leave.

Live this todayRespectful Departure After ConversationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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