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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.178
দক্ষিণ-মথুরা আইলা কামকোষ্ঠী হৈতে ।
তাহাঁ দেখা হৈল এক ব্রাহ্মণ-সহিতে ॥ ১৭৮ ॥
dakṣiṇa-mathurā āilā kāmakoṣṭhī haite
tāhāṅ dekhā haila eka brāhmaṇa-sahite
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu arrived at southern Mathurā from Kāmakoṣṭhī, He met a brāhmaṇa.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu arrived at southern Mathurā from Kāmakoṣṭhī and met a brāhmaṇa.
Southern Mathurā, presently known as Madurai, stands on the banks of the Bhāgāi River. It is called Śaiva-kṣetra because it is a place of pilgrimage especially for devotees of Lord Śiva.
The area has mountains, forests and temples, including Rāmeśvara and Sundareśvara. The Mīnākṣī-devī temple displays very great architectural craftsmanship.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which detail helps you picture the place where Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu met the brāhmaṇa?
Write down the two names of this place: southern Mathurā and Madurai.
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