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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 9.69

বিষ্ণুকাঞ্চী আসি’ দেখিল লক্ষ্মী-নারায়ণ ।

প্রণাম করিয়া কৈল বহুত স্তবন ॥ ৬৯ ॥

viṣṇu-kāñcī āsi’ dekhila lakṣmī-nārāyaṇa

praṇāma kariyā kaila bahuta stavana

Translation

The Lord then visited a holy place known as Viṣṇu-kāñcī. There He saw Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa Deities, and He offered His respects and many prayers to please Them.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Offer Respects and Prayers to Please Them

  1. 1

    At Viṣṇu-kāñcī, the Lord saw the Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa Deities. He offered His respects and many prayers to please Them.

  2. 2

    Viṣṇu-kāñcī is situated about five miles away from Kāñcīpuram.

  3. 3

    Lord Varadarāja, another form of Lord Viṣṇu, resides there. There is also a big lake known as Ananta-sarovara.

Key points from the purport
  • Viṣṇu-kāñcī is situated about five miles away from Kāñcīpuram.
  • It is here that Lord Varadarāja, another form of Lord Viṣṇu, resides.
  • There is also a big lake known as Ananta-sarovara.

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.
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. viṣṇu-kāñcīto the holy place named Viṣṇu-kāñcī
  2. āsi’coming
  3. dekhilathe Lord saw
  4. lakṣmī-nārāyaṇathe Deity of Lord Nārāyaṇa with mother Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune
  5. praṇāma kariyāafter offering obeisances
  6. kailamade
  7. bahuta stavanamany prayers
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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

How might your prayers change when your intention is to please Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa?

Practice

Offer one short prayer to Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa with the intention of pleasing Them.

Live this todayOffer Respects and Prayers to Please ThemThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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