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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 9.335

তবে মহাপ্রভু তাঁরে আসিতে আজ্ঞা দিয়া ।

নীলাচলে চলিলা প্রভু আনন্দিত হঞা ॥ ৩৩৫ ॥

tabe mahāprabhu tāṅre āsite ājñā diyā

nīlācale calilā prabhu ānandita hañā

Translation

Giving orders to Rāmānanda Rāya to come to Nīlācala, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu departed for Jagannātha Purī with great pleasure.

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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.

A Joyful Departure and an Instruction

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed Rāmānanda Rāya to come to Nīlācala.

  2. 2

    The Lord then departed for Jagannātha Purī.

  3. 3

    He departed with great pleasure.

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.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tabethen
  2. mahāprabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. tāṅreunto him
  4. āsiteto come
  5. ājñā diyāgiving an order
  6. nīlācaleto Jagannātha Purī
  7. calilādeparted
  8. prabhuLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  9. ānandita hañāwith great pleasure
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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's pleasure as He departs?

Practice

Read the translation slowly today, noticing both the Lord's instruction and His pleasure.

Live this todayA Joyful Departure and an InstructionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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