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  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 9.322Madhya 9.324

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.323

তীর্থ-যাত্রা-কথা প্রভু সকল কহিলা ।

কর্ণামৃত, ব্রহ্মসংহিতা, — দুই পুঁথি দিলা ॥ ৩২৩ ॥

tīrtha-yātrā-kathā prabhu sakala kahilā

karnāmṛta, brahma-saṁhitā, — dui puṅthi dilā

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave Rāmānanda Rāya a vivid description of His travels to the holy places and told him how He had acquired the two books named Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta and Brahma-saṁhitā. The Lord delivered the books to Rāmānanda Rāya.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Sharing Travels and Two Books

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave Rāmānanda Rāya a vivid description of His travels to the holy places.

  2. 2

    He explained how He had acquired Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta and Brahma-saṁhitā.

  3. 3

    The Lord delivered both books to Rāmānanda Rāya.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tīrtha-yātrā-kathātopics of His pilgrimage
  2. prabhuLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. sakala kahilādescribed everything
  4. karṇāmṛtathe book named Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta
  5. brahma-saṁhitāthe book named Brahma-saṁhitā
  6. duitwo
  7. puṅthiscriptures
  8. dilādelivered
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “delivered”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about the Lord sharing both His travel account and the books?

Practice

Write down the names Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta and Brahma-saṁhitā, noting that the Lord gave them to Rāmānanda Rāya.

Live this todaySharing Travels and Two BooksThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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