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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.244
শৃঙ্গেরি-মঠে আইলা শঙ্করাচার্য-স্থানে ।
মৎস্য-তীর্থ দেখি’ কৈল তুঙ্গভদ্রায় স্নানে ॥ ২৪৪ ॥
śṛṅgeri-maṭhe āilā śaṅkarācārya-sthāne
matsya-tīrtha dekhi’ kaila tuṅgabhadrāya snāne
Then He saw the monastery known as Śṛṅgeri-maṭha, the abode of Ācārya Śaṅkara. He then visited Matsya-tīrtha, a place of pilgrimage, and took a bath in the river Tuṅgabhadrā.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
He visited Śṛṅgeri-maṭha, the abode of Ācārya Śaṅkara. The monastery is in the Chikmagalur district of Karnataka.
The monastery stands at the confluence of the Tuṅga and Bhadrā rivers. Its real name is Śṛṅga-giri or Śṛṅgavera-purī, and it is the headquarters of Śaṅkarācārya.
He next visited Matsya-tīrtha, a place of pilgrimage, and bathed in the river Tuṅgabhadrā.
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:
He then visited Payasvinī, Śṛṅgavera-purī-maṭha and Matsya-tīrtha. At the village of Uḍupī He saw the Gopāla Deity installed by Śrī Madhvācārya.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does learning the locations help you follow this pilgrimage more attentively?
Write down the two places visited and the river in which He bathed.
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