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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 7.104

তোমার বচন শুনি’ জুড়ায় শ্রবণ ।

তোমার মাধুরী দেখি’ জুড়ায় নয়ন ॥ ১০৪ ॥

tomāra vacana śuni’ juḍāya śravaṇa

tomāra mādhurī dekhi’ juḍāya nayana

Translation

“Dear Caitanya Mahāprabhu,” they said, “to tell You the truth, we are greatly pleased to hear Your words, and furthermore Your bodily features are so pleasing that we feel extraordinary satisfaction in seeing You.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Satisfaction in Hearing and Seeing the Lord

  1. 1

    The sannyāsīs addressed Caitanya Mahāprabhu and openly expressed their appreciation.

  2. 2

    They were greatly pleased to hear His words.

  3. 3

    His bodily features were so pleasing that seeing Him gave them extraordinary satisfaction.

How it feels

Collective delight. The Pañca-tattva gives divine love a relational and communal form.

The mood of Ādi 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features

Back to this verse in Ādi 7
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tomāraYour
  2. vacanaspeeches
  3. śuni’hearing
  4. juḍāyavery much satisfied
  5. śravaṇaaural reception
  6. tomāraYour
  7. mādhurīnectar
  8. dekhi’seeing
  9. juḍāyasatisfies
  10. nayanaour eyes
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to me about the satisfaction they found in hearing and seeing Caitanya Mahāprabhu?

Practice

Read the translation slowly and spend a moment reflecting on their appreciation of Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Live this todaySatisfaction in Hearing and Seeing the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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