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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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Travels to the Holy Places
Madhya 9.242Madhya 9.244

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.243

দিন-দুই তাহাঁ করি’ কীর্তন-নর্তন ।

পয়স্বিনী আসিয়া দেখে শঙ্কর নারায়ণ ॥ ২৪৩ ॥

dina-dui tāhāṅ kari’ kīrtana-nartana

payasvinī āsiyā dekhe śaṅkara nārāyaṇa

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu chanted and danced at Śrī Janārdana for two days. He then went to the bank of the Payasvinī River and visited the temple of Śaṅkara-nārāyaṇa.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Chanting and Dancing During the Journey

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu chanted and danced at Śrī Janārdana for two days.

  2. 2

    He then went to the bank of the Payasvinī River.

  3. 3

    There He visited the temple of Śaṅkara-nārāyaṇa.

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 visited Payasvinī, Śṛṅgavera-purī-maṭha and Matsya-tīrtha. At the village of Uḍupī He saw the Gopāla Deity installed by Śrī Madhvācārya.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. dina-duitwo days
  2. tāhāṅthere
  3. kari’performing
  4. kīrtana-nartanachanting and dancing
  5. payasvinī āsiyācoming to the bank of the Payasvinī River
  6. dekhesees
  7. śaṅkara nārāyaṇathe temple of Śaṅkara-nārāyaṇa
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “chanted”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can you make a little time for chanting in your day?

Practice

Set aside a few uninterrupted minutes for chanting today.

Live this todayChanting and Dancing During the JourneyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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