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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 9.357Madhya 9.359

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.358

তীর্থযাত্রা-কথা এই কৈলুঁ সমাপন ।

সংক্ষেপে কহিলুঁ, বিস্তার না যায় বর্ণন ॥ ৩৫৮ ॥

tīrtha-yātrā-kathā ei kailuṅ samāpana

saṅkṣepe kahiluṅ, vistāra nā yāya varṇana

Translation

Thus I have ended my narration about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, describing it in brief. It cannot be described very broadly.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

A Brief Account and a Temple Correction

  1. 1

    The author ends his brief narration of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, saying it cannot be described very broadly.

  2. 2

    Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura clarifies that at Śiyālī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited the temple of Śrī Bhū-varāha, not Bhairavī-devī.

  3. 3

    The temple known as Śrī Muṣṇam is near Śiyālī and Cidambaram. It contains a Deity of Śrī Bhū-varāha.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura points out that in the seventy-fourth verse of this chapter it is stated that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited the temple of Śiyālī-bhairavī, but actually at Śiyālī Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited the temple of Śrī Bhū-varāha.
  • Near Śiyālī and Cidambaram there is a temple known as Śrī Muṣṇam.
  • The town of Śiyālī is in that district.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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. tīrtha-yātrā-kathātopics of the pilgrimage
  2. eithese
  3. kailuṅ samāpanaI have finished
  4. saṅkṣepe kahiluṅI have described in brief
  5. vistāraexpansively
  6. nā yāya varṇanait is not possible to describe
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this clarification help you read the pilgrimage account more carefully?

Practice

Write a short study note identifying Śrī Bhū-varāha as the Deity in the temple clarified by the purport.

Live this todayA Brief Account and a Temple CorrectionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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