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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 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Ādi 4.200-201 Ādi 4.203

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.202

অঙ্গস্তম্ভারম্ভমুত্তুঙ্গয়ন্তং প্রেমা–

নন্দং দারুকো নাভ্যনন্দৎ ।

কংসারাতের্বীজনে যেন সাক্ষাদ–

ক্ষোদীয়ানন্তরায়ো ব্যধায়ি ॥ ২০২ ॥

aṅga-stambhārambham uttuṅgayantaṁ

premānandaṁ dāruko nābhyanandat

kaṁsārāter vījane yena sākṣād

akṣodīyān antarāyo vyadhāyi

Translation

“Śrī Dāruka did not relish his ecstatic feelings of love, for they caused his limbs to become stunned and thus obstructed his service of fanning Lord Kṛṣṇa.”

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Dāruka Values Service Above Ecstatic Feelings

1
Śrī Dāruka was serving Lord Kṛṣṇa by fanning Him.
2
His ecstatic feelings of love stunned his limbs and obstructed that service. For this reason, he did not relish those feelings.
3
The purport identifies this verse as coming from the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu.

How it feels

Profound longing. Kṛṣṇa desires to taste Rādhā’s love, His own sweetness as She sees it, and Her joy.

The mood of Ādi 4 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Ādi 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī was the principal figure among Lord Caitanya’s confidential devotees. The records of his diary have revealed these confidential purposes of the Lord.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in Ādi 4

Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

aṅgaof the limbs
stambha-ārambhamthe beginning of stupefaction
uttuṅgayantamwhich was causing him to reach
prema-ānandamthe joy of love
dārukaḥDāruka, the Lord’s chariot driver
nanot
abhyanandatwelcomed
kaṁsa-arāteḥof Lord Kṛṣṇa, the enemy of Kaṁsa

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: “service”, “serving”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does Śrī Dāruka’s response reveal about his priority in loving Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

During one devotional task today, keep your attention on completing the service rather than seeking a pleasing feeling.

Live this todayDāruka Values Service Above Ecstatic FeelingsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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