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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 17: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Youth

Ādi 17.237 Ādi 17.239

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.238

তাহি মধ্যে ছয়ঋতু লীলার বর্ণন ।

মধুপান, রাসোৎসব, জলকেলি কথন ॥ ২৩৮ ॥

tāhi madhye chaya-ṛtu līlāra varṇana

madhu-pāna, rāsotsava, jala-keli kathana

Translation

Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita narrated all the pastimes enacted during the six changing seasons. He described the drinking of honey, the celebration of the rāsa dance, the swimming in the Yamunā and other such incidents.

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

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Hearing the Pastimes of Six Seasons

1
Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita narrated the pastimes enacted during the six changing seasons.
2
He described the drinking of honey and the celebration of the rāsa dance.
3
His narration also included swimming in the Yamunā and other such incidents.

How it feels

Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.

The mood of Ādi 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Ādi 17: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Youth

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

Śrī Nityānanda occupies an ecstatic position of parental love in servitude and fraternal attraction. Śrī Advaita Prabhu exhibits the ecstasy of both fraternity and servitude.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

tāhi madhyeduring that
chaya-ṛtuthe six seasons
līlāraof the pastimes
varṇanadescription
madhu-pānadrinking of the honey
rāsa-utsavadancing the rāsa-līlā
jala-keliswimming in the Yamunā
kathananarrations

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rāsa”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “yamunā”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which of the pastimes mentioned here would you like to hear about more attentively?

Practice

Read the translation slowly and recall the three activities it names.

Live this todayHearing the Pastimes of Six SeasonsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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