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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.218
সেই রাত্রি তাহাঁ রহি’ তাঁরে কৃপা করি’ ।
পাণ্ড্যদেশে তাম্রপর্ণী গেলা গৌরহরি ॥ ২১৮ ॥
sei rātri tāhāṅ rahi’ tāṅre kṛpā kari’
pāṇḍya-deśe tāmraparṇī gelā gaurahari
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu passed that night in the house of the brāhmaṇa. Then, after showing him mercy, the Lord started toward the Tāmraparṇī River in Pāṇḍya-deśa.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu spent the night in the brāhmaṇa’s house. After showing him mercy, the Lord started toward the Tāmraparṇī River in Pāṇḍya-deśa.
The purport places Pāṇḍya-deśa in southern India, in the areas known as Kerala and Cola. Many kings bearing the title Pāṇḍya ruled over Madurai and Rāmeśvara.
The Tāmraparṇī, also called the Puruṇai, flows through Tirunelveli into the Bay of Bengal. It is mentioned in both the Rāmāyaṇa and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Madhya 9.218 quotesSB 11.5.38-40
The Tāmraparṇī River is also mentioned in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.5.39).
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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:
The Lord next visited the places known as Pāṇḍya-deśa, the Tāmraparṇī River, Naya-tripati, Ciyaḍatalā, Tila-kāñcī, Gajendra-mokṣaṇa, Pānāgaḍi, Cāmtāpura, Śrī Vaikuṇṭha, Malaya-parvata and Kanyā-kumārī. The Lord then confronted the Bhaṭṭathāris at Mallāra-deśa and saved Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa from their clutches.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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In this verse: “mercy”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice about the Lord showing mercy before continuing His journey?
Write down the river’s two names and trace its route in words from Tirunelveli to the Bay of Bengal.
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