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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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 15: The Transcendental Madness of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Antya 15.56Antya 15.58

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.57

সৌন্দর্য দেখিয়া ভূমে পড়ে মূর্চ্ছা পাঞা ।

হেনকালে স্বরূপাদি মিলিলা আসিয়া ॥ ৫৭ ॥

saundarya dekhiyā bhūme paḍe mūrcchā pāñā

hena-kāle svarūpādi mililā āsiyā

Translation

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw the transcendental beauty of Kṛṣṇa, He fell down on the ground unconscious. At that time, all the devotees, headed by Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, joined Him in the garden.

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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.

Overwhelmed by Kṛṣṇa’s Transcendental Beauty

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw the transcendental beauty of Kṛṣṇa.

  2. 2

    Upon seeing that beauty, He fell to the ground unconscious.

  3. 3

    All the devotees, headed by Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, joined Him in the garden.

How it feels

Absorbed searching. The Lord lives the gopīs’ search for Kṛṣṇa with ecstatic transformations.

The mood of Antya 15 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 15: The Transcendental Madness of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī recited a verse from the Gīta-govinda just suitable to the Lord’s emotions. Caitanya Mahāprabhu then exhibited the ecstatic transformations known as bhāvodaya, bhāva-sandhi, bhāva-śābalya and so on.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 15
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. saundaryabeauty
  2. dekhiyāseeing
  3. bhūmeon the ground
  4. paḍefell
  5. mūrcchā pāñābecoming unconscious
  6. hena-kāleat that time
  7. svarūpa-ādithe devotees, headed by Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī
  8. mililā āsiyācame there and met
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s response reveal about the power of Kṛṣṇa’s beauty?

Practice

Read the translation slowly, pausing to reflect on the words “transcendental beauty.”

Live this todayOverwhelmed by Kṛṣṇa’s Transcendental BeautyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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