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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.38
তাঁরে কৃপা করি’ প্রভু চলিলা আর দিনে ।
বৃদ্ধকাশী আসি’ কৈল শিব-দরশনে ॥ ৩৮ ॥
tāṅre kṛpā kari’ prabhu calilā āra dine
vṛddhakāśī āsi’ kaila śiva-daraśane
After showing mercy to the brāhmaṇa, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left the next day and arrived at Vṛddhakāśī, where He visited the temple of Lord Śiva.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
After showing mercy to the brāhmaṇa, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left the next day and visited Lord Śiva’s temple at Vṛddhakāśī.
Vṛddhakāśī’s present name is Vṛddhācalam, and it is also known as Kālahastipura. It is situated in the southern Arcot district on the bank of the river Maṇimukha.
Govinda, the cousin of Rāmānujācārya, worshiped at Lord Śiva’s temple there for many years.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
After leaving Vidyānagara, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited such places of pilgrimage as Gautamī-gaṅgā, Mallikārjuna, Ahovala-nṛsiṁha, Siddhavaṭa, Skanda-kṣetra, Trimaṭha, Vṛddhakāśī, Bauddha-sthāna, Tirupati, Tirumala, Pānā-nṛsiṁha, Śiva-kāñcī, Viṣṇu-kāñcī, Trikāla-hasti, Vṛddhakola, Śiyālī-bhairavī, the Kāverī River and Kumbhakarṇa-kapāla. Finally the Lord went to Śrī Raṅga-kṣetra, where He converted a brāhmaṇa named Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa, who, along with his family, took up devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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What stands out to me about the Lord’s visit and this temple’s history of worship?
Write down Vṛddhakāśī’s other two names and note that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited Lord Śiva’s temple there.
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