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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 9.281

কোলাপুরে লক্ষ্মী দেখি’ দেখেন ক্ষীর-ভগবতী ।

লাঙ্গ-গণেশ দেখি’ দেখেন চোর-পার্বতী ॥ ২৮১ ॥

kolāpure lakṣmī dekhi’ dekhena kṣīra-bhagavatī

lāṅga-gaṇeśa dekhi’ dekhena cora-pārvatī

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then visited the town of Kolāpura, where He saw the goddess of fortune in the temple of Kṣīra-bhagavatī and saw Lāṅga-gaṇeśa in another temple, known as Cora-pārvatī.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Temple Visits in Kolāpura

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited Kolāpura and saw the goddess of fortune in the temple of Kṣīra-bhagavatī. He also saw Lāṅga-gaṇeśa in the temple known as Cora-pārvatī.

  2. 2

    Kolāpura is in Maharashtra and was formerly a native state. A river named Urṇā is there.

  3. 3

    The purport cites the Bombay Gazette as reporting about 250 temples in Kolāpura. Six of these were especially famous, including Ambābāi, or Mahālakṣmī Mandira.

Key points from the purport
  • Kolāpura is a town in the Maharashtra province, formerly known as Bombay Pradesh.
  • Formerly Kolāpura was a native state, and it is bordered on the north by the district of Sāṅtārā, on the east and south by the district of Belagāma, and on the west by the district of Ratnagiri.
  • In Kolāpura there is a river named Urṇā.

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. kolāpureat Kolāpura
  2. lakṣmīthe goddess of fortune
  3. dekhi’seeing
  4. dekhenaHe visited
  5. kṣīra-bhagavatīthe temple of Kṣīra-bhagavatī
  6. lāṅga-gaṇeśathe deity Lāṅga-gaṇeśa
  7. dekhi’seeing
  8. dekhenaHe sees
  9. cora-pārvatīthe goddess Pārvatī, who is known as a thief
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to me about Kolāpura as a place of temples?

Practice

Reread the translation and write down the two temples Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited.

Live this todayTemple Visits in KolāpuraThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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