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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 15.85 Antya 15.87

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.86

‘অষ্টসাত্ত্বিক’ ভাব অঙ্গে প্রকট হইল ।

হর্ষাদি ‘ব্যভিচারী’ সব উথলিল ॥ ৮৬ ॥

‘aṣṭa-sāttvika’ bhāva aṅge prakaṭa ha-ila

harṣādi ‘vyabhicārī’ saba uthalila

Translation

At that time, all eight kinds of spiritual transformations became manifest in Lord Caitanya’s body. The thirty-three symptoms of vyabhicāri-bhāva, beginning with lamentation and jubilation, became prominent as well.

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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.

Spiritual Transformations Manifest in Lord Caitanya

1
All eight kinds of spiritual transformations became manifest in Lord Caitanya’s body.
2
The thirty-three symptoms of vyabhicāri-bhāva also became prominent.
3
Lamentation and jubilation are named among these symptoms, which appeared as He danced in ecstatic love.

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:

Caitanya Mahāprabhu then exhibited the ecstatic transformations known as bhāvodaya, bhāva-sandhi, bhāva-śābalya and so on. The Lord experienced all eight kinds of ecstatic transformations, and He relished them very much.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

aṣṭa-sāttvikaeight spiritual
bhāvaemotions
aṅgeon the body
prakaṭa ha-ilabecame manifest
harṣa-ādibeginning with jubilation
vyabhicārīthirty-three changes of vyabhicāri-bhāva
sabaall
uthalilawere manifest

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”
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 do lamentation and jubilation together help me notice about the range of the Lord’s emotions?

Practice

Read this verse slowly and note the two emotions it names: lamentation and jubilation.

Live this todaySpiritual Transformations Manifest in Lord CaitanyaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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