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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 9.334

দিন-দশে ইহা-সবার করি’ সমাধান ।

তোমার পাছে পাছে আমি করিব প্রয়াণ ॥ ৩৩৪ ॥

dina-daśe ihā-sabāra kari’ samādhāna

tomāra pāche pāche āmi kariba prayāṇa

Translation

“I shall make arrangements within ten days. Following You, I shall go to Nīlācala without delay.”

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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.

Prepare, Then Follow Without Delay

  1. 1

    The speaker promised to make arrangements within ten days.

  2. 2

    He intended to follow the Lord to Nīlācala.

  3. 3

    Once the arrangements were made, he would go without delay.

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:

From there He visited a place known as Pampā-sarovara and visited Pañcavaṭī, Nāsika, Brahmagiri and also the source of the Godāvarī River, Kuśāvarta. Thus the Lord visited almost all the holy places in South India.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. dina-daśewithin ten days
  2. ihā-sabāraof all of this
  3. kari’ samādhānamaking adjustment
  4. tomāraYou
  5. pāche pāchefollowing
  6. āmiI
  7. karibashall do
  8. prayāṇagoing
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What preparation could help you fulfill a commitment without unnecessary delay?

Practice

Choose one commitment and set a definite time to complete its preparations.

Live this todayPrepare, Then Follow Without DelayThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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