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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.222
চাম্তাপুরে আসি’ দেখি’ শ্রীরাম-লক্ষ্মণ ।
শ্রীবৈকুণ্ঠে আসি’ কৈল বিষ্ণু দরশন ॥ ২২২ ॥
cāmtāpure āsi’ dekhi’ śrī-rāma-lakṣmaṇa
śrī-vaikuṇṭhe āsi’ kaila viṣṇu daraśana
Later the Lord went to Cāmtāpura, where He saw the Deities of Lord Rāmacandra and Lakṣmaṇa. He then went to Śrī Vaikuṇṭha and saw the temple of Lord Viṣṇu there.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
At Cāmtāpura, the Lord saw the Deities of Lord Rāmacandra and Lakṣmaṇa. Cāmtāpura is also called Chengannur and is located in Kerala.
The Lord then went to Śrī Vaikuṇṭha and saw the temple of Lord Viṣṇu.
Śrī Vaikuṇṭha stands on the bank of the Tāmraparṇī River, about four miles north of Ālvār Tirunagarai and sixteen miles southeast of Tirunelveli.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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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What details help you remember these two places on the Lord’s journey?
Make a two-line note pairing Cāmtāpura and Śrī Vaikuṇṭha with the Deities the Lord saw there.
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