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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.210

পত্র লঞা পুনঃ দক্ষিণ-মথুরা আইলা ।

রামদাস বিপ্রে সেই পত্র আনি দিলা ॥ ২১০ ॥

patra lañā punaḥ dakṣiṇa-mathurā āilā

rāmadāsa vipre sei patra āni dilā

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to southern Mathurā [Madurai] and delivered the original manuscript of the Kūrma Purāṇa to Rāmadāsa Vipra.

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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.

Delivering the Original Manuscript

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to southern Mathurā, also called Madurai.

  2. 2

    He brought the original manuscript of the Kūrma Purāṇa.

  3. 3

    He delivered this manuscript to Rāmadāsa Vipra.

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:

From there He went to Kāmakoṣṭhī-purī and later arrived at southern Mathurā. A brāhmaṇa devotee of Lord Rāmacandra talked with Him.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. patra lañātaking those leaves
  2. punaḥagain
  3. dakṣiṇa-mathurāto southern Mathurā
  4. āilācame
  5. rāmadāsa vipreunto the brāhmaṇa known as Rāmadāsa
  6. sei patrathose leaves
  7. ānibringing back
  8. dilādelivered
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “delivered”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally delivering the original manuscript?

Practice

Reread the translation slowly, noticing what Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu brought and to whom He gave it.

Live this todayDelivering the Original ManuscriptThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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