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  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 9.279Madhya 9.281

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.280

গোকর্ণে শিব দেখি’ আইলা দ্বৈপায়নি ।

সূর্পারক-তীর্থে আইলা ন্যাসিশিরোমণি ॥ ২৮০ ॥

gokarṇe śiva dekhi’ āilā dvaipāyani

sūrpāraka-tīrthe āilā nyāsi-śiromaṇi

Translation

After seeing Pañcāpsarā, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to Gokarṇa. While there, He visited the temple of Lord Śiva, and then He went to Dvaipāyani. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the crown jewel of all sannyāsīs, then went to Sūrpāraka-tīrtha.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Visiting Holy Places and Temples

  1. 1

    After seeing Pañcāpsarā, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to Gokarṇa and visited the temple of Lord Śiva.

  2. 2

    Gokarṇa is in North Kanara, in Karnataka, about thirty-three miles southeast of Karwar. Its famous temple of Lord Śiva is known as Mahā-baleśvara and draws hundreds and thousands of pilgrims.

  3. 3

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then went to Dvaipāyani and Sūrpāraka-tīrtha. The translation calls Him the crown jewel of all sannyāsīs.

Key points from the purport
  • Gokarṇa is situated in North Kanara, in the Karnataka state.
  • This place is very famous for the temple of Lord Śiva known as Mahā-baleśvara.
  • Hundreds and thousands of pilgrims come to see this temple.

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:

The Lord next visited Phalgu-tīrtha, Tritakūpa, Pañcāpsarā, Sūrpāraka and Kolāpura. At Pāṇḍarapura the Lord received news from Śrī Raṅga Purī that Śaṅkarāraṇya (Viśvarūpa) had disappeared there.
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. gokarṇein the place named Gokarṇa
  2. śivathe temple of Lord Śiva
  3. dekhi’seeing
  4. āilācame
  5. dvaipāyanito Dvaipāyani
  6. sūrpāraka-tīrtheto the holy place named Sūrpāraka
  7. āilācame
  8. nyāsi-śiromaṇithe best of the sannyāsīs, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What detail about this temple visit helps me attend more closely to the Lord’s journey?

Practice

Write down the sequence of places visited in this translation, noting the temple at Gokarṇa.

Live this todayVisiting Holy Places and TemplesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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