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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 9.248

মধ্বাচার্য আনি’ তাঁরে করিলা স্থাপন ।

অদ্যাবধি সেবা করে তত্ত্ববাদিগণ ॥ ২৪৮ ॥

madhvācārya āni’ tāṅre karilā sthāpana

adyāvadhi sevā kare tattvavādi-gaṇa

Translation

Madhvācārya brought this dancing Gopāla Deity to Uḍupī and installed Him in the temple. To date, the followers of Madhvācārya, known as Tattvavādīs, worship this Deity.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Installing and Worshiping Dancing Gopāla

  1. 1

    Madhvācārya brought the dancing Gopāla Deity to Uḍupī.

  2. 2

    He installed Him in the temple.

  3. 3

    Madhvācārya’s followers are known as Tattvavādīs. The translation states that they continue to worship this Deity.

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:

At the village of Uḍupī He saw the Gopāla Deity installed by Śrī Madhvācārya. He then defeated the Tattvavādīs in śāstric conversation.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. madhva-ācāryaMadhvācārya
  2. āni’bringing
  3. tāṅreHim
  4. karilā sthāpanainstalled
  5. adya-avadhito date
  6. sevā kareworship
  7. tattvavādi-gaṇathe Tattvavādīs
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts

    Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “followers”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you appreciate about the continued worship of the Deity installed by Madhvācārya?

Practice

Write one sentence about the continuity of worship described here.

Live this todayInstalling and Worshiping Dancing GopālaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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