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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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Travels to the Holy Places
Madhya 9.313Madhya 9.315

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.314

শূন্যস্থল দেখি’ লোকের হৈল চমৎকার ।

লোকে কহে, এ সন্ন্যাসী — রাম-অবতার ॥ ৩১৪ ॥

śūnya-sthala dekhi’ lokera haila camatkāra

loke kahe, e sannyāsī — rāma-avatāra

Translation

After the seven palm trees had departed for Vaikuṇṭha, everyone was astonished to see that they were gone. The people then began to say, “This sannyāsī called Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu must be an incarnation of Lord Rāmacandra.

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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.

Astonishment Leads to Recognition

  1. 1

    The seven palm trees departed for Vaikuṇṭha.

  2. 2

    Everyone was astonished to see that the trees were gone.

  3. 3

    The people said that the sannyāsī Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu must be an incarnation of Lord Rāmacandra.

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 entered Daṇḍakāraṇya and liberated seven palm trees. From there He visited a place known as Pampā-sarovara and visited Pañcavaṭī, Nāsika, Brahmagiri and also the source of the Godāvarī River, Kuśāvarta.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. śūnya-sthalathe vacant place
  2. dekhi’seeing
  3. lokeraof the people in general
  4. hailathere was
  5. camatkāraastonishment
  6. loke kaheall people began to say
  7. e sannyāsīthis sannyāsī
  8. rāma-avatāraincarnation of Lord Rāmacandra
3

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How did witnessing the trees’ departure change the people’s understanding of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?

Practice

Write down the people’s conclusion and the event that led them to it.

Live this todayAstonishment Leads to RecognitionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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