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    "name":"Cc. Madhya 9.200",
    "h1":"Cc. Madhya 9.200",
    "label":"Text 200",
    "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 9.200",
    "description":"There, among the brāhmaṇas, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu listened to the Kūrma Purāṇa, wherein was mentioned the chaste woman's narration."
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====== Cc. Madhya 9.200 ======

===== Text =====

> vipra-sabhāya śune tāṅhā kūrma-purāṇa
> tāra madhye āilā pativratā-upākhyāna

===== Synonyms =====

[[synonyms:v:vipra]]-[[synonyms:s:sabhāya]]---among the assembly of //brāhmaṇas//; [[synonyms:ś:śune]]---hears; [[synonyms:t:tāṅhā]]---there; [[synonyms:k:kūrma]]-[[synonyms:p:purāṇa]]---the //Kūrma Purāṇa//; [[synonyms:t:tāra]] [[synonyms:m:madhye]]---within that book; [[synonyms:ā:āilā]]---there was; [[synonyms:p:pati]]-[[synonyms:v:vratā]]---of the chaste woman; [[synonyms:u:upākhyāna]]---narration.

===== Translation =====

**There, among the brāhmaṇas, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu listened to the Kūrma Purāṇa, wherein was mentioned the chaste woman's narration.**

===== Purport =====

Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura remarks that only two //khaṇḍas// of the //Kūrma Purāṇa// are now available, namely the //Pūrva-khaṇḍa// and //Uttara-khaṇḍa.// Sometimes it is said that the //Kūrma Purāṇa// contains six thousand verses, but originally the //Kūrma Purāṇa// contained seventeen thousand verses. According to //Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,// there are seventeen thousand verses in the //Kūrma Purāṇa,// which is one of the eighteen //Mahā-purāṇas.// The //Kūrma Purāṇa// is considered the fifteenth of these //Mahā-purāṇas.//