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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 Ādi 5.197

মূর্চ্ছিত হইয়া মুঞি পড়িনু ভূমিতে ।

স্বপ্নভঙ্গ হৈল, দেখি, হঞাছে প্রভাতে ॥ ১৯৭ ॥

mūrcchita ha-iyā muñi paḍinu bhūmite

svapna-bhaṅga haila, dekhi, hañāche prabhāte

Translation

I fainted and fell to the ground, my dream broke, and when I regained consciousness I saw that morning had come.

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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.

The Dream Ends at Morning

  1. 1

    The author fainted and fell to the ground.

  2. 2

    His dream broke.

  3. 3

    When he regained consciousness, he saw that morning had come.

How it feels

Shelter and wonder. The glory of Nityānanda reveals the intimate support behind the descent.

The mood of Ādi 5 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 5: The Glories Of Lord Nityānanda Balarāma

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

Therefore Rāmadāsa became sorry, broke his flute and went away. This was a great disaster for the brother of Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. mūrcchita ha-iyāfainting
  2. muñiI
  3. paḍinufell
  4. bhūmiteon the ground
  5. svapna-bhaṅgabreaking of the dream
  6. hailathere was
  7. dekhiI saw
  8. hañāchethere was
  9. prabhātemorning light
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the author's account convey the force of his experience?

Practice

Pause over the translation and recall its three events in order.

Live this todayThe Dream Ends at MorningThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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