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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.66

স্বপ্রভাবে লোক-সবার করাঞা বিস্ময় ।

পানা-নৃসিংহে আইলা প্রভু দয়াময় ॥ ৬৬ ॥

sva-prabhāve loka-sabāra karāñā vismaya

pānā-nṛsiṁhe āilā prabhu dayā-maya

Translation

Everywhere Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went, His influence astonished everyone. He next arrived at the temple of Pānā-nṛsiṁha. The Lord is so merciful.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord’s Merciful Influence Astonishes Everyone

  1. 1

    Everywhere Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went, His influence astonished everyone. He next arrived at the temple of Pānā-nṛsiṁha.

  2. 2

    Pānā-nṛsiṁha is located in the hills known as Maṅgalagiri. One must climb six hundred steps to reach the temple.

  3. 3

    It is said that when the Lord is offered food with syrup here, He does not take more than half. The temple also holds a conchshell said to have been used by Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself.

Key points from the purport
  • One must climb six hundred steps to reach the temple.
  • Within this temple is a conchshell presented by the late king of Tanjore, and it is said that this shell was used by Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself.
  • During the month of March, a great fair takes place in this temple.

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:

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. sva-prabhāveby His own influence
  2. loka-sabāraof all the people
  3. karāñāinducing
  4. vismayaastonishment
  5. pānā-nṛsiṁheto the Lord named Pānā-nṛsiṁha
  6. āilācame
  7. prabhuLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  8. dayā-mayathe most merciful
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “merciful”

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “offered”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What draws your attention to the Lord’s mercy in this account?

Practice

Read the translation once slowly, pausing to reflect on the words, “The Lord is so merciful.”

Live this todayThe Lord’s Merciful Influence Astonishes EveryoneThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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