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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 13: The Advent of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Ādi 13.106 Ādi 13.108

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.107

কেবা আসে কেবা যায়, কেবা নাচে কেবা গায়,

সম্ভালিতে নারে কার বোল ।

খণ্ডিলেক দুঃখ–শোক, প্রমোদপূরিত লোক,

মিশ্র হৈলা আনন্দে বিহুল ॥ ১০৭ ॥

kebā āse kebā yāya, kebā nāce kebā gāya,

sambhālite nāre kāra bola

khaṇḍileka duḥkha-śoka, pramoda-pūrita loka,

miśra hailā ānande vihvala

Translation

No one could understand who was coming and who was going, who was dancing and who was singing. Nor could they understand one another’s language. Yet all unhappiness and lamentation were immediately dissipated, and people became all-jubilant. Thus Jagannātha Miśra was also overwhelmed with joy.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Shared Joy Beyond Language

1
People could not understand who was coming or going, dancing or singing.
2
Although they could not understand one another’s language, all unhappiness and lamentation were immediately dissipated.
3
Everyone became jubilant, and Jagannātha Miśra was also overwhelmed with joy.

How it feels

Jubilation and hope. The Lord appears in Navadvīpa; the theological promise becomes a lived story.

The mood of Ādi 13 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Ādi 13: The Advent of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Then, in 1407 Śaka Era (A.D. 1486), in the full-moon evening of the month of Phālguna, with the constellation of Siṁha (Leo) on the horizon, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared as the son of Śrī Śacīdevī and Jagannātha Miśra. After hearing of the birth of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, learned scholars and brāhmaṇas, bringing many gifts, came to see the newborn baby.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

kebāwho
āseis coming
kebāwho
yāyais going
kebāwho
nāceis dancing
kebāwho
gāyais singing

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lamentation”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about people sharing joy without understanding one another’s language?

Practice

Read the translation slowly and pause to reflect on the joy that replaced everyone’s lamentation.

Live this todayShared Joy Beyond LanguageThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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