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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.200
বিপ্র-সভায় শুনে তাঁহা কূর্ম-পুরাণ ।
তার মধ্যে আইলা পতিব্রতা-উপাখ্যান ॥ ২০০ ॥
vipra-sabhāya śune tāṅhā kūrma-purāṇa
tāra madhye āilā pativratā-upākhyāna
There, among the brāhmaṇas, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu listened to the Kūrma Purāṇa, wherein is mentioned the chaste woman’s narration.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Among the brāhmaṇas, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu listened to the Kūrma Purāṇa. It contains the chaste woman’s narration.
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura remarks that only the Pūrva-khaṇḍa and Uttara-khaṇḍa are now available.
Although sometimes said to contain six thousand verses, the original Kūrma Purāṇa contains seventeen thousand according to Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. It is considered the fifteenth of the eighteen Mahā-purāṇas.
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:
He then went to the banks of the Kṛṣṇa-veṇvā River, where He collected from among the Vaiṣṇava brāhmaṇas a book written by Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura, Śrī Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta. The Lord then visited the Tāpī River, Māhiṣmatī-pura, the Narmadā River and Ṛṣyamūka-parvata.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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What can I learn from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s attention to hearing the Kūrma Purāṇa?
Read this translation aloud once, paying attention to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s act of listening.
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