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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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Travels to the Holy Places
Madhya 9.338Madhya 9.340

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.339

প্রভুর আগমন শুনি’ নিত্যানন্দ রায় ।

উঠিয়া চলিলা, প্রেমে থেহ নাহি পায় ॥ ৩৩৯ ॥

prabhura āgamana śuni’ nityānanda rāya

uṭhiyā calilā, preme theha nāhi pāya

Translation

As soon as Nityānanda Prabhu received news of the arrival of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, He immediately got up and started out to see Him. Indeed, He was very impatient in His great ecstasy.

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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.

Eagerness to See Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

  1. 1

    Nityānanda Prabhu received news that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had arrived.

  2. 2

    He immediately got up and started out to see Him.

  3. 3

    In His great ecstasy, He was very impatient to meet the Lord.

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:

At Pāṇḍarapura the Lord received news from Śrī Raṅga Purī that Śaṅkarāraṇya (Viśvarūpa) had disappeared there. 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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prabhuraof Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  2. āgamanaarrival
  3. śuni’hearing
  4. nityānanda rāyaLord Nityānanda
  5. uṭhiyā calilāgot up and started
  6. premein great ecstasy
  7. thehapatience
  8. nāhi pāyadoes not get
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What touches you about Nityānanda Prabhu's immediate eagerness to see the Lord?

Practice

Read the translation once more, pausing to reflect on Nityānanda Prabhu's eagerness.

Live this todayEagerness to See Śrī Caitanya MahāprabhuThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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