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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.198

দুর্বশনে রঘুনাথে কৈল দরশন ।

মহেন্দ্র-শৈলে পরশুরামের কৈল বন্দন ॥ ১৯৮ ॥

durvaśane raghunāthe kaila daraśana

mahendra-śaile paraśurāmera kaila vandana

Translation

At Durvaśana Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited the temple of Lord Rāmacandra, and on the hill known as Mahendra-śaila He saw Lord Paraśurāma.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

1
At Durvaśana, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited the temple of Lord Rāmacandra. Durvaśana is also called Darbhaśayana and is now known as Tiruppullani.
2
On the hill Mahendra-śaila, He saw Lord Paraśurāma. The purport places this hill near Tirunelveli.
3
Tiruchendur is at the end of Mahendra-śaila, and Tribāṅkura lies to its west. Mahendra-śaila is also mentioned in the Rāmāyaṇa.

Key points from the purport

In Durvaśana, or Darbhaśayana (now known as Tiruppullani), which is seven miles east of Ramnad, there is a temple of Lord Rāmacandra.
The hill known as Mahendra-śaila is near Tirunelveli, and at the end of this hill is a city known as Tiruchendur.
There is mention of Mahendra-śaila in the Rāmāyaṇa.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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

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

On the hill known as Mahendra-śaila, the Lord saw Paraśurāma. Then the Lord went to Setubandha and took His bath at Dhanus-tīrtha.

Learn the words of the verse.

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Which places in this account can I connect with Lord Rāmacandra and Lord Paraśurāma?

Write two place-and-visit pairs: Durvaśana with Lord Rāmacandra’s temple, and Mahendra-śaila with Lord Paraśurāma.

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