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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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Travels to the Holy Places
Madhya 9.178Madhya 9.180

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.179

সেই বিপ্র মহাপ্রভুকে কৈল নিমন্ত্রণ ।

রামভক্ত সেই বিপ্র — বিরক্ত মহাজন ॥ ১৭৯ ॥

sei vipra mahāprabhuke kaila nimantraṇa

rāma-bhakta sei vipra — virakta mahājana

Translation

The brāhmaṇa who met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu invited the Lord to his home. This brāhmaṇa was a great devotee and an authority on Lord Śrī Rāmacandra. He was always detached from material activities.

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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.

Devotion, Knowledge and Detachment

  1. 1

    The brāhmaṇa invited Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to his home.

  2. 2

    He was a great devotee and an authority on Lord Śrī Rāmacandra.

  3. 3

    He was always detached from material activities.

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:

A brāhmaṇa devotee of Lord Rāmacandra talked with Him. Then the Lord took His bath in the river Kṛtamālā.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sei viprathat brāhmaṇa
  2. mahāprabhukeunto Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. kailadid
  4. nimantraṇainvitation
  5. rāma-bhaktadevotee of Lord Rāmacandra
  6. seithat
  7. viprabrāhmaṇa
  8. viraktavery much detached
  9. mahājanaa great devotee and authority
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about the brāhmaṇa’s devotion and detachment?

Practice

Set aside one unnecessary material activity today and spend that time reflecting on the brāhmaṇa’s devotion.

Live this todayDevotion, Knowledge and DetachmentThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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