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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 9.44Madhya 9.46

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.45

হারি’ হারি’ প্রভুমতে করেন প্রবেশ ।

এইমতে ‘বৈষ্ণব’ প্রভু কৈল দক্ষিণ দেশ ॥ ৪৫ ॥

hāri’ hāri’ prabhu-mate karena praveśa

ei-mate ‘vaiṣṇava’ prabhu kaila dakṣiṇa deśa

Translation

Being thus defeated by Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, all these philosophers and their followers entered into His cult. In this way Lord Caitanya made South India into a country of Vaiṣṇavas.

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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.

Philosophers and Followers Accept Devotion

  1. 1

    The philosophers were defeated by Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    Both the philosophers and their followers entered His devotional path.

  3. 3

    In this way, Lord Caitanya made South India into a country of Vaiṣṇavas.

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:

Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then proceeded farther, arriving at Setubandha Rāmeśvara. At Śrī Śaila-parvata, the Lord met Lord Śiva and his wife Durgā in the dress of a brāhmaṇa and brāhmaṇī.
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. hāri’ hāri’being defeated
  2. prabhu-mateinto the cult of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. karena praveśaenter
  4. ei-matein this way
  5. vaiṣṇavaVaiṣṇava devotees
  6. prabhuLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  7. kailamade
  8. dakṣiṇaSouth India
  9. deśacountry
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts

    Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “followers”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How willing are you to reconsider a view when its conclusions are defeated?

Practice

Write one sentence about the change these philosophers and their followers accepted.

Live this todayPhilosophers and Followers Accept DevotionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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