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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 9.303

দিন চারি তথা প্রভুকে রাখিল ব্রাহ্মণ ।

ভীমানদী স্নান করি’ করেন বিঠ্ঠল দর্শন ॥ ৩০৩ ॥

dina cāri tathā prabhuke rākhila brāhmaṇa

bhīmā-nadī snāna kari’ karena viṭhṭhala darśana

Translation

After Śrī Raṅga Purī departed for Dvārakā, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu remained with the brāhmaṇa at Pāṇḍarapura for four more days. He took His bath in the Bhīmā River and visited the temple of Viṭhṭhala.

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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.

Bathing and Temple Visiting at Pāṇḍarapura

  1. 1

    After Śrī Raṅga Purī departed for Dvārakā, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed with the brāhmaṇa at Pāṇḍarapura for four more days.

  2. 2

    He took His bath in the Bhīmā River.

  3. 3

    He visited the temple of Viṭhṭhala.

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 Pāṇḍarapura the Lord received news from Śrī Raṅga Purī that Śaṅkarāraṇya (Viśvarūpa) had disappeared there. 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.
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. dinadays
  2. cārifour
  3. tathāthere
  4. prabhukeLord Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  5. rākhilakept
  6. brāhmaṇathe brāhmaṇa
  7. bhīmā-nadīin the river Bhīmā
  8. snāna kari’bathing
  9. karenadoes
  10. viṭhṭhala darśanavisit the temple of Viṭhṭhala
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu spent these days at Pāṇḍarapura?

Practice

If possible, make a short temple visit today, recalling Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s visit to the temple of Viṭhṭhala.

Live this todayBathing and Temple Visiting at PāṇḍarapuraThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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