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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 9.87

কাবেরীতে স্নান করি’ শ্রীরঙ্গ দর্শন ।

প্রতিদিন প্রেমাবেশে করেন নর্তন ॥ ৮৭ ॥

kāverīte snāna kari’ śrī-raṅga darśana

pratidina premāveśe karena nartana

Translation

While there, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took His bath in the river Kāverī and visited the temple of Śrī Raṅga. Every day the Lord also danced in ecstasy.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Daily Worship and Ecstatic Dancing

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bathed in the river Kāverī during His stay.

  2. 2

    He visited the temple of Śrī Raṅga.

  3. 3

    Every day the Lord danced in ecstasy.

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. kāverītein the river known as Kāverī
  2. snāna kari’taking a bath
  3. śrī-raṅga darśanavisiting the temple of Śrī Raṅga
  4. prati-dinaevery day
  5. prema-āveśein great happiness
  6. karenadoes perform
  7. nartanadancing
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What inspires me about the Lord’s daily temple visits and ecstatic dancing?

Practice

If possible, make a short visit to a temple today.

Live this todayDaily Worship and Ecstatic DancingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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