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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 9.208Madhya 9.210

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.209

নূতন পত্র লেখাঞা পুস্তকে দেওয়াইল ।

প্রতীতি লাগি’ পুরাতন পত্র মাগি’ নিল ॥ ২০৯ ॥

nūtana patra lekhāñā pustake deoyāila

pratīti lāgi’ purātana patra māgi’ nila

Translation

Since the Kūrma Purāṇa was very old, the manuscript was also very old. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took possession of the original leaves in order to have direct evidence. The text was copied onto new leaves in order that the Purāṇa be replaced.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Preserving Direct Evidence and Replacing the Text

  1. 1

    The Kūrma Purāṇa was very old, and its manuscript was also very old.

  2. 2

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took possession of the original leaves to have direct evidence.

  3. 3

    The text was copied onto new leaves so that the Purāṇa could be replaced.

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 visited Payasvinī, Śṛṅgavera-purī-maṭha and Matsya-tīrtha. At the village of Uḍupī He saw the Gopāla Deity installed by Śrī Madhvācārya.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. nūtananew
  2. patraleaves
  3. lekhāñāgetting written
  4. pustakethe book
  5. deoyāilaHe gave
  6. pratīti lāgi’for direct evidence
  7. purātanathe old
  8. patraleaves
  9. māgi’requesting
  10. nilaHe took
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Why was it important both to keep the original leaves as evidence and to provide a replacement?

Practice

Copy the sentence explaining why Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took the original leaves, keeping its wording exact.

Live this todayPreserving Direct Evidence and Replacing the TextThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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