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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 9.73

শ্বেতবরাহ দেখি, তাঁরে নমস্করি’ ।

পীতাম্বর-শিব-স্থানে গেলা গৌরহরি ॥ ৭৩ ॥

śveta-varāha dekhi, tāṅre namaskari’

pītāmbara-śiva-sthāne gelā gaurahari

Translation

At Vṛddhakola, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited the temple of Śveta-varāha, the white boar incarnation. After offering Him respects, the Lord visited the temple of Lord Śiva, wherein the deity is dressed with yellow garments.

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 to Śveta-varāha

  1. 1

    At Vṛddhakola, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited the temple of Śveta-varāha, the white boar incarnation, and offered Him respects.

  2. 2

    The stone temple is situated at Vṛddhakola, also called Śrī Muṣṇam. Above the Deity’s head, Śeṣa Nāga serves as an umbrella.

  3. 3

    The Lord then visited the temple of Lord Śiva. There the deity is dressed with yellow garments.

Key points from the purport
  • The temple of the white boar incarnation is situated at Vṛddhakola, or Śrī Muṣṇam.
  • The temple is made of stone and is located about one mile south of an oasis known as Balipīṭham.
  • There is a Deity of the white boar incarnation, above whose head Śeṣa Nāga serves as an umbrella.

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. śveta-varāhathe white boar incarnation
  2. dekhiseeing
  3. tāṅreunto Him
  4. namaskari’offering respect
  5. pīta-ambaradressed with yellow garments
  6. śiva-sthāneto the temple of Lord Śiva
  7. gelāwent
  8. gaurahariLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
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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: “serves”, “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 helps you offer attentive respects when reading about the Lord’s Deity?

Practice

Recall Śveta-varāha with Śeṣa Nāga serving as an umbrella, and offer Him a respectful bow.

Live this todayOffer Respects to Śveta-varāhaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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