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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 9.71

ত্রিমলয় দেখি’ গেলা ত্রিকালহস্তি-স্থানে ।

মহাদেব দেখি’ তাঁরে করিল প্রণামে ॥ ৭১ ॥

trimalaya dekhi’ gelā trikāla-hasti-sthāne

mahādeva dekhi’ tāṅre karila praṇāme

Translation

After visiting Trimalaya, Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to see Trikāla-hasti. There He saw Lord Śiva and offered him all respects and obeisances.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Offer Lord Śiva Respect

  1. 1

    After visiting Trimalaya, Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to Trikāla-hasti. There He saw Lord Śiva and offered him all respects and obeisances.

  2. 2

    Trikāla-hasti is situated about twenty-two miles east of Tirupati. Its temple stands on the southern side of the river Suvarṇa-mukhī.

  3. 3

    The place is famous for its temple of Lord Śiva. There he is called Vāyu-liṅga Śiva.

Key points from the purport
  • Trikāla-hasti, or Śrī Kāla-hasti, is situated about twenty-two miles east of Tirupati.
  • The temple of Trikāla-hasti is located on the southern side of the river.
  • The place is generally known as Śrī Kālahasti or Kālahasti and is famous for its temple of Lord Śiva.

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. trimalaya dekhi’after seeing Trimalaya
  2. gelāwent
  3. trikāla-hasti-sthāneto the place named Trikāla-hasti
  4. mahādevaLord Śiva
  5. dekhi’seeing
  6. tāṅreunto him
  7. karila praṇāmeoffered obeisances
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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

What can you learn from Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s respectful conduct toward Lord Śiva?

Practice

Offer a respectful bow to Lord Śiva, recalling Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s example.

Live this todayOffer Lord Śiva RespectThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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