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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 15.57 Antya 15.59

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.58

পূর্ববৎ সর্বাঙ্গে সাত্ত্বিকভাবসকল ।

অন্তরে আনন্দ-আস্বাদ, বাহিরে বিহ্বল ॥ ৫৮ ॥

pūrvavat sarvāṅge sāttvika-bhāva-sakala

antare ānanda-āsvāda, bāhire vihvala

Translation

Just as before, they saw all the symptoms of transcendental ecstatic love manifested in the body of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Although externally He appeared bewildered, He was tasting transcendental bliss within.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Inner Bliss Beyond Outward Appearance

1
The devotees again saw all the symptoms of transcendental ecstatic love in Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s body.
2
Externally, He appeared bewildered.
3
Within, however, He was tasting transcendental bliss. His outward appearance did not reveal His inner experience.

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

Antya 15: The Transcendental Madness of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu adopted the same transcendental thoughts as those of the gopīs and was filled with ecstatic emotion. Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī recited a verse from the Gīta-govinda just suitable to the Lord’s emotions.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

pūrva-vatas before
sarva-aṅgeall over the body
sāttvikatranscendental
bhāva-sakalaall the symptoms of ecstatic love
antarewithin
ānanda-āsvādathe taste of transcendental bliss
bāhireexternally
vihvalabewildered

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

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

How does this verse distinguish outward bewilderment from inner transcendental bliss?

Practice

Write down the contrast between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s outward appearance and His inner experience.

Live this todayInner Bliss Beyond Outward AppearanceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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