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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.245
মধ্বাচার্য-স্থানে আইলা যাঁহা ‘তত্ত্ববাদী’ ।
উড়ুপীতে ‘কৃষ্ণ’ দেখি, তাহাঁ হৈল প্রেমোন্মাদী ॥ ২৪৫ ॥
madhvācārya-sthāne āilā yāṅhā ‘tattvavādī’
uḍupīte ‘kṛṣṇa’ dekhi, tāhāṅ haila premonmādī
Caitanya Mahāprabhu next arrived at Uḍupī, the place of Madhvācārya, where the philosophers known as Tattvavādīs resided. There He saw the Deity of Lord Kṛṣṇa and became mad with ecstasy.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Caitanya Mahāprabhu arrived at Uḍupī, the place of Madhvācārya, where the Tattvavādī philosophers resided. Seeing the Deity of Lord Kṛṣṇa, He became mad with ecstasy.
Uḍupī is in the South Kanara district of South India, just west of Sahyādri. Mangalore lies to its south.
Madhvācārya was born nearby at Pājakā-kṣetra, in a Śivāllī-brāhmaṇa dynasty, as the son of Madhyageha Bhaṭṭa. The purport gives A.D. 1118 as his birth year, while noting that some give A.D. 1238.
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:
At the village of Uḍupī He saw the Gopāla Deity installed by Śrī Madhvācārya. He then defeated the Tattvavādīs in śāstric conversation.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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What stands out to you about Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s response to seeing Lord Kṛṣṇa?
Reread the translation slowly, pausing at His response to the Deity of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
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