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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.318
সপ্ত গোদাবরী আইলা করি’ তীর্থ বহুতর ।
পুনরপি আইলা প্রভু বিদ্যানগর ॥ ৩১৮ ॥
sapta godāvarī āilā kari’ tīrtha bahutara
punarapi āilā prabhu vidyānagara
After visiting many other holy places, the Lord went to Sapta-godāvarī. At last He returned to Vidyānagara.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
After visiting many other holy places, the Lord went to Sapta-godāvarī.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu traveled from the source of the Godāvarī River and eventually visited the northern side of Hyderabad state.
The translation describes His return to Vidyānagara. The purport states that He finally arrived at the state of Kaliṅga.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Thus the Lord visited almost all the holy places in South India. He finally returned to Jagannātha Purī by taking the same route, after visiting Vidyānagara again.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice about the extent of the Lord’s travels?
Read the translation slowly once, noting Sapta-godāvarī and the return to Vidyānagara.
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