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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 9.211-212Madhya 9.214

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.213

পত্র পাঞা বিপ্রের হৈল আনন্দিত মন ।

প্রভুর চরণে ধরি’ করয়ে ক্রন্দন ॥ ২১৩ ॥

patra pāñā viprera haila ānandita mana

prabhura caraṇe dhari’ karaye krandana

Translation

Rāmadāsa Vipra was very pleased to receive the original leaf manuscript of the Kūrma Purāṇa, and he immediately fell down before the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and began to cry.

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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.

Receiving the Manuscript with Devotional Feeling

  1. 1

    Rāmadāsa Vipra received the original leaf manuscript of the Kūrma Purāṇa.

  2. 2

    He was very pleased to receive it.

  3. 3

    He immediately fell down before the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and began to cry.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. patra pāñāgetting the leaves
  2. vipreraof the brāhmaṇa
  3. hailathere was
  4. ānanditapleased
  5. manamind
  6. prabhura caraṇethe lotus feet of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  7. dhari’taking
  8. karayedoes
  9. krandanacrying
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lotus feet”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does Rāmadāsa Vipra’s response show you about how deeply he valued receiving the manuscript?

Practice

Pause after reading and reflect on Rāmadāsa Vipra’s pleasure, bowing, and tears.

Live this todayReceiving the Manuscript with Devotional FeelingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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