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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 9.331

রাজা মোরে আজ্ঞা দিল নীলাচলে যাইতে ।

চলিবার উদ্‌যোগ আমি লাগিয়াছি করিতে ॥ ৩৩১ ॥

rājā more ājñā dila nīlācale yāite

calibāra udyoga āmi lāgiyāchi karite

Translation

“The King has already given me an order to return to Jagannātha Purī, and I am making arrangements to do this.”

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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.

Making Arrangements to Follow an Order

  1. 1

    The King had already given an order.

  2. 2

    The order was to return to Jagannātha Purī.

  3. 3

    The speaker was making arrangements to carry out that return.

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:

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. rājāthe King
  2. moreunto me
  3. ājñā dilahas given an order
  4. nīlācale yāiteto go to Jagannātha Purī
  5. calibārato go
  6. udyogaarrangement
  7. āmiI
  8. lāgiyāchibegan
  9. kariteto do
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What helps you turn an instruction into practical arrangements?

Practice

Make one concrete arrangement today toward carrying out an instruction you have received.

Live this todayMaking Arrangements to Follow an OrderThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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