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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 9.282

তথা হৈতে পাণ্ডরপুরে আইলা গৌরচন্দ্র ।

বিঠ্ঠল-ঠাকুর দেখি’ পাইলা আনন্দ ॥ ২৮২ ॥

tathā haite pāṇḍarapure āilā gauracandra

viṭhṭhala-ṭhākura dekhi’ pāilā ānanda

Translation

From there Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to Pāṇḍarapura, where He happily saw the temple of Viṭhṭhala Ṭhākura.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Joyful Worship and Chanting the Holy Name

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu happily saw the temple of Viṭhṭhala Ṭhākura in Pāṇḍarapura, a city on the river Bhīmā.

  2. 2

    It is said that He initiated Tukārāma during this visit. Tukārāma became famous in Maharashtra and spread the saṅkīrtana movement throughout the province.

  3. 3

    Tukārāma’s saṅkīrtana parties chant the Lord’s holy name with mṛdaṅga and karatālas, resembling Gauḍīya-Vaiṣṇava saṅkīrtana parties. His book is known as Abhaṅga.

Key points from the purport
  • It is said that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu initiated Tukārāma when He visited Pāṇḍarapura, and thus Tukārāma became His disciple.
  • Tukārāma Ācārya became very famous in the Maharashtra province, and he spread the saṅkīrtana movement all over the province.
  • The saṅkīrtana party belonging to Tukārāma is still very popular in Bombay and throughout the province of Maharashtra.

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:

He then went to the banks of the Kṛṣṇa-veṇvā River, where He collected from among the Vaiṣṇava brāhmaṇas a book written by Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura, Śrī Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta. The Lord then visited the Tāpī River, Māhiṣmatī-pura, the Narmadā River and Ṛṣyamūka-parvata.
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. tathā haitefrom there
  2. pāṇḍara-pureto Pāṇḍarapura
  3. āilācame
  4. gauracandraLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  5. viṭhṭhala-ṭhākurathe Deity known as Viṭhṭhala
  6. dekhi’seeing
  7. pāilāgot
  8. ānandagreat happiness
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “saṅkīrtana”, “chant”, “holy name”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I make room for joyful chanting of the Lord’s holy name?

Practice

Spend a few minutes today chanting the holy name of the Lord.

Live this todayJoyful Worship and Chanting the Holy NameThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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