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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 9.242

দিন-দুই পদ্মনাভের কৈল দরশন ।

আনন্দে দেখিতে আইলা শ্রীজনার্দন ॥ ২৪২ ॥

dina-dui padmanābhera kaila daraśana

ānande dekhite āilā śrī-janārdana

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu remained for two or three days at Ananta Padmanābha and visited the temple there. Then, in great ecstasy He went to see the temple of Śrī Janārdana.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Visiting Temples in Great Ecstasy

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed at Ananta Padmanābha for two or three days and visited the temple there.

  2. 2

    He then went in great ecstasy to see the temple of Śrī Janārdana.

  3. 3

    The temple of Śrī Janārdana is twenty-six miles north of Trivandrum, near the Varkala railway station.

Key points from the purport
  • The temple of Śrī Janārdana is situated twenty-six miles north of Trivandrum, near the Varkala railway station.

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:

He then defeated the Tattvavādīs in śāstric conversation. The Lord next visited Phalgu-tīrtha, Tritakūpa, Pañcāpsarā, Sūrpāraka and Kolāpura.
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. dina-duitwo days
  2. padmanābheraof the Deity known as Padmanābha
  3. kaila daraśanavisited the temple
  4. ānandein great ecstasy
  5. dekhiteto see
  6. āilācame
  7. śrī-janārdanato the temple of Śrī Janārdana
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How could you make time for an attentive temple visit?

Practice

Set aside a specific time for a temple visit, today if possible.

Live this todayVisiting Temples in Great EcstasyThis 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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