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  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
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.5

সেই সব তীর্থের ক্রম কহিতে না পারি ।

দক্ষিণ-বামে তীর্থ-গমন হয় ফেরাফেরি ॥ ৫ ॥

sei saba tīrthera krama kahite nā pāri

dakṣiṇa-vāme tīrtha-gamana haya pherāpheri

Translation

I cannot chronologically record all the places of pilgrimage visited by Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. I can only summarize everything by saying that the Lord visited all holy places right and left, coming and going.

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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.

A summary of the Lord’s extensive pilgrimage

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    The author cannot record all the places visited by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in chronological order.

  2. 2

    Instead, he gives a summary of the Lord’s travels.

  3. 3

    The Lord visited all holy places right and left, coming and going.

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:

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sei sabaall those
  2. tīrtheraof holy places
  3. kramathe chronological order
  4. kahiteto tell of
  5. nā pāriI am unable
  6. dakṣiṇa-vāmeleft and right
  7. tīrtha-gamanavisiting the holy places
  8. hayais
  9. pherāpherigoing and coming back
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Can I appreciate the extent of the Lord’s travels without having a complete chronological record?

Practice

Summarize this verse in one sentence, keeping its distinction between a summary and a chronological record.

Live this todayA summary of the Lord’s extensive pilgrimageThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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