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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.223
মলয়-পর্বতে কৈল অগস্ত্য-বন্দন ।
কন্যাকুমারী তাহাঁ কৈল দরশন ॥ ২২৩ ॥
malaya-parvate kaila agastya-vandana
kanyā-kumārī tāhāṅ kaila daraśana
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then went to Malaya-parvata and offered prayers to Agastya Muni. He then visited Kanyā-kumārī [Cape Comorin].
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to Malaya-parvata and offered prayers to Agastya Muni. He then visited Kanyā-kumārī.
Malaya-parvata is the mountain range extending from Kerala to Cape Comorin. Cape Comorin is also known as Kanyā-kumārī.
The purport gives four opinions concerning places associated with Agastya Muni: Agastyampallī, Śiva-giri, Paṭhiyā, and Agastya-malaya.
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.
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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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
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In this verse: “associated”
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What does this passage help you remember about the Lord’s visit to Malaya-parvata?
Write a short journey note: Malaya-parvata—prayers to Agastya Muni; Kanyā-kumārī—the next visit.
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