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  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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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features
Ādi 7.86Ādi 7.88

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.87

প্রেমার স্বভাবে করে চিত্ত–তনু ক্ষোভ ।

কৃষ্ণের চরণ–প্রাপ্ত্যে উপজায় লোভ ॥ ৮৭ ॥

premāra svabhāve kare citta-tanu kṣobha

kṛṣṇera caraṇa-prāptye upajāya lobha

Translation

“ ‘It is a characteristic of love of Godhead that by nature it induces transcendental symptoms in one’s body and makes one more and more greedy to achieve the shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord.

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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.

Love Deepens Longing for the Lord

  1. 1

    Love of Godhead naturally induces transcendental symptoms in the body.

  2. 2

    It makes a devotee increasingly eager to achieve the shelter of the Lord’s lotus feet.

  3. 3

    This growing longing for the Lord’s shelter is a characteristic of love of Godhead.

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. premāraout of love of Godhead
  2. svabhāveby nature
  3. kareit induces
  4. cittathe consciousness
  5. tanuthe body
  6. kṣobhaagitated
  7. kṛṣṇeraof Lord Kṛṣṇa
  8. caraṇalotus feet
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “shelter”, “lotus feet”

  • 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 of godhead”

  • 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: “longing”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do you long more for outward experiences or for the shelter of the Lord’s lotus feet?

Practice

Offer a brief prayer expressing your desire for the shelter of the Lord’s lotus feet.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todayLove Deepens Longing for the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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