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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 17.30

স্বরূপ-গোসাঞি প্রভুর ভাব জানিয়া ।

ভাগবতের শ্লোক পড়ে মধুর করিয়া ॥ ৩০ ॥

svarūpa-gosāñi prabhura bhāva jāniyā

bhāgavatera śloka paḍe madhura kariyā

Translation

Understanding the ecstatic emotions of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Svarūpa Dāmodara, in a sweet voice, recited the following verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

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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.

Understanding leads to thoughtful recitation

  1. 1

    Svarūpa Dāmodara understood the ecstatic emotions of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    He responded by reciting a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

  3. 3

    His voice was sweet as he offered the recitation that followed.

How it feels

Inconceivable ecstatic absorption. The Lord’s overwhelming love manifests extraordinary bodily changes.

The mood of Antya 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 17: The Bodily Transformations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:

Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives the following summary of the seventeenth chapter in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. Absorbed in transcendental ecstasy, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went out one night without opening the doors to His room. After crossing over three walls, He fell down among some cows belonging to the district of Tailaṅga. There He remained unconscious, assuming the aspect of a tortoise.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. svarūpa-gosāñiSvarūpa Dāmodara Gosāñi
  2. prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. bhāvathe emotion
  4. jāniyāunderstanding
  5. bhāgavateraof Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
  6. ślokaa verse
  7. paḍerecites
  8. madhura kariyāin a sweet voice
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “offered”

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 can you learn from the care with which Svarūpa Dāmodara responded?

Practice

Recite the next verse gently and clearly, paying attention to its meaning.

Live this todayUnderstanding leads to thoughtful recitationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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