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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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 13: Pastimes with Jagadānanda Paṇḍita and Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī
Antya 13.126Antya 13.128

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 13.127

অশ্রু, কম্প, গদ্গদ প্রভুর কৃপাতে ।

নেত্র কণ্ঠ রোধে বাষ্প, না পারে পড়িতে ॥ ১২৭ ॥

aśru, kampa, gadgada prabhura kṛpāte

netra kaṇṭha rodhe bāṣpa, nā pāre paḍite

Translation

By the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he experienced the symptoms of ecstatic love — tears, trembling and faltering of the voice. His eyes filled with tears and his throat became choked, and thus he could not recite Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Ecstatic Love Comes Through the Lord’s Mercy

  1. 1

    By Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy, Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa experienced symptoms of ecstatic love.

  2. 2

    These symptoms included tears, trembling and faltering of the voice.

  3. 3

    His eyes filled with tears and his throat became choked, so he could not recite Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

How it feels

Concern and affectionate restraint. Devotees seek to care for the Lord while He maintains His renounced practice.

The mood of Antya 13 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 13: Pastimes with Jagadānanda Paṇḍita and Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī

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

Once, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became ecstatic upon hearing the songs of a deva-dāsī. Unaware of who was singing, He ran toward her through thorny bushes, but when Govinda informed the Lord that it was a woman singing, He immediately stopped.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. aśrutears
  2. kampatrembling
  3. gadgadafaltering of the voice
  4. prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  5. kṛpāteby the mercy
  6. netraeyes
  7. kaṇṭhaneck
  8. rodhechoked up
  9. bāṣpatears
  10. nā pāre paḍitecould not recite
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mercy”

  • 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: “ecstatic love”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this verse reveal about the depth of Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa’s love and the Lord’s mercy?

Practice

Before reading Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam today, briefly remember that Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa’s ecstatic love came through the Lord’s mercy.

Live this todayEcstatic Love Comes Through the Lord’s MercyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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