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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 15: The Transcendental Madness of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Antya 15.68Antya 15.70

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.69

পুনঃ কহে, — ‘হায় হায়, পড় পড় রামরায়’, কহে প্রভু গদ্গদ আখ্যানে ।

রামানন্দ পড়ে শ্লোক, শুনি’ প্রভুর হর্ষ-শোক, আপনে প্রভু করেন ব্যাখ্যানে ॥ ৬৯ ॥

punaḥ kahe, — ‘hāya hāya, paḍa paḍa rāma-raya’,

kahe prabhu gadgada ākhyāne

rāmānanda paḍe śloka, śuni’ prabhura harṣa-śoka,

āpane prabhu karena vyākhyāne

Translation

In a faltering voice, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again said, “Alas, go on reciting, Rāma Rāya.” Thus Rāmānanda Rāya began to recite a verse. While listening to this verse, the Lord was sometimes very jubilant and sometimes overcome by lamentation. Afterwards the Lord personally explained the verse.

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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.

Hearing Brings Both Joy and Lamentation

  1. 1

    In a faltering voice, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asks Rāma Rāya to continue reciting.

  2. 2

    As Rāmānanda Rāya recites a verse, the Lord is sometimes very jubilant and sometimes overcome by lamentation.

  3. 3

    After listening, the Lord personally explains the verse.

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. punaḥagain
  2. kahesays
  3. hāya hāyaalas, alas
  4. paḍa paḍago on reciting
  5. rāma-rāyaRāmānanda Rāya
  6. kahesays
  7. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  8. gadgada ākhyānein a faltering voice
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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: “lamentation”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you notice about the care Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gives to hearing and explaining the verse?

Practice

Read the next verse aloud slowly, then pause to consider its meaning before moving on.

Live this todayHearing Brings Both Joy and LamentationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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