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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 9.241

বহু যত্নে সেই পুঁথি নিল লেখাইয়া ।

‘অনন্ত-পদ্মনাভ’ আইলা হরষিত হঞা ॥ ২৪১ ॥

bahu yatne sei puṅthi nila lekhāiyā

‘ananta padmanābha’ āilā haraṣita hañā

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu copied the Brahma-saṁhitā, and then with great pleasure He went to a place known as Ananta Padmanābha.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Copying Scripture Before Continuing the Journey

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu copied the Brahma-saṁhitā.

  2. 2

    After copying it, He continued His journey with great pleasure.

  3. 3

    He went to a place known as Ananta Padmanābha.

Key points from the purport
  • Concerning Ananta Padmanābha, one should refer to Madhya-līlā, chapter one, text 115.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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:

The Lord also collected the Brahma-saṁhitā, fifth chapter, on the banks of the Payasvinī River. He then visited Payasvinī, Śṛṅgavera-purī-maṭha and Matsya-tīrtha.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. bahu yatnewith great attention
  2. sei puṅthithat scripture
  3. nilatook
  4. lekhāiyāhaving it copied
  5. ananta-padmanābhato Ananta Padmanābha
  6. āilācame
  7. haraṣitain great happiness
  8. hañābeing
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might copying a passage help you give it closer attention?

Practice

Copy this translation by hand, taking time to notice each action of the Lord.

Live this todayCopying Scripture Before Continuing the JourneyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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