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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 9.310

তাপী স্নান করি’ আইলা মাহিষ্মতীপুরে ।

নানা তীর্থ দেখি তাহাঁ নর্মদার তীরে ॥ ৩১০ ॥

tāpī snāna kari’ āilā māhiṣmatī-pure

nānā tīrtha dekhi tāhāṅ narmadāra tīre

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu next arrived at the banks of the river Tāpī. After bathing there, He went to Māhiṣmatī-pura. While there, He saw many holy places on the banks of the river Narmadā.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Bathing and Visiting Holy Places

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bathed in the river Tāpī and then went to Māhiṣmatī-pura.

  2. 2

    At Māhiṣmatī-pura, He saw many holy places on the banks of the river Narmadā.

  3. 3

    The Tāpī is also known as Tāpti. Its source is the mountain Multāi, and it flows westward through Saurāṣṭra into the Arabian Sea.

Key points from the purport
  • The river Tāpī is also known as Tāpti.
  • The river’s source is a mountain called Multāi, and the river flows westward through the state of Saurāṣṭra and into the Arabian Sea.

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 then visited the Tāpī River, Māhiṣmatī-pura, the Narmadā River and Ṛṣyamūka-parvata. He entered Daṇḍakāraṇya and liberated seven palm trees.
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. tāpīin the Tāpī River
  2. snāna kari’taking a bath
  3. āilāarrived
  4. māhiṣmatī-pureat Māhiṣmatī-pura
  5. nānā tīrthamany holy places
  6. dekhiseeing
  7. tāhāṅthere
  8. narmadāra tīreon the bank of the river Narmadā
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which details help you picture Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s journey?

Practice

Make a short route note: Tāpī, Māhiṣmatī-pura, and the holy places along the Narmadā.

Live this todayBathing and Visiting Holy PlacesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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