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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 9.355

সার্বভৌম-সঙ্গে আর লঞা নিজগণ ।

তীর্থযাত্রা-কথা কহি’ কৈল জাগরণ ॥ ৩৫৫ ॥

sārvabhauma-saṅge āra lañā nija-gaṇa

tīrtha-yātrā-kathā kahi’ kaila jāgaraṇa

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His personal associates remained with Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya. They all stayed awake the entire night as the Lord spoke of His pilgrimage.

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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.

Listening to the Lord’s Pilgrimage

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His personal associates remained with Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.

  2. 2

    They all stayed awake the entire night.

  3. 3

    During that night, the Lord spoke of His pilgrimage.

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. sārvabhauma-saṅgewith Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
  2. āraand
  3. lañā nija-gaṇataking His own associates
  4. tīrtha-yātrā-kathātopics of the pilgrimage
  5. kahi’telling
  6. kailadid
  7. jāgaraṇakeeping awake through the night
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “associates”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How attentive am I when listening to an account of pilgrimage?

Practice

Spend a few quiet minutes rereading this account and reflecting on their night of listening.

Live this todayListening to the Lord’s PilgrimageThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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