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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.6
অতএব নাম-মাত্র করিয়ে গণন ।
কহিতে না পারি তার যথা অনুক্রম ॥ ৬ ॥
ataeva nāma-mātra kariye gaṇana
kahite nā pāri tāra yathā anukrama
Because it is impossible for me to record all these places in chronological order, I will simply make a token gesture of recording them.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Recording all the places in chronological order is impossible for the author.
He openly acknowledges this limit in his account.
He will nevertheless make a token gesture of recording the places.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can I learn from the author’s willingness to offer a limited account rather than claim completeness?
Write one brief note about what you have learned from the Lord’s travels, without trying to make it exhaustive.
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