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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 9.207Madhya 9.209

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.208

এ-সব সিদ্ধান্ত শুনি’ প্রভুর আনন্দ হৈল ।

ব্রাহ্মণের স্থানে মাগি’ সেই পত্র নিল ॥ ২০৮ ॥

e-saba siddhānta śuni’ prabhura ānanda haila

brāhmaṇera sthāne māgi’ sei patra nila

Translation

Indeed, when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard these conclusive statements from the Kūrma Purāṇa, He felt great happiness. After asking the brāhmaṇas’ permission, He took possession of the manuscript leaves of the Kūrma Purāṇa.

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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.

Joyful Hearing and Respectful Permission

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard conclusive statements from the Kūrma Purāṇa.

  2. 2

    These statements brought Him great happiness.

  3. 3

    He asked the brāhmaṇas’ permission before taking possession of the manuscript leaves of the Kūrma Purāṇa.

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:

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. e-saba siddhāntaall these conclusive statements
  2. śuni’hearing
  3. prabhuraof Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. ānandahappiness
  5. hailathere was
  6. brāhmaṇera sthānefrom the brāhmaṇas
  7. māgi’asking
  8. seithose
  9. patraleaves
  10. nilatook
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you notice about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asking permission before taking the manuscript leaves?

Practice

Ask permission before using something that belongs to someone else today.

Live this todayJoyful Hearing and Respectful PermissionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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