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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 17: The Bodily Transformations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Antya 17.57Antya 17.59

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 17.58

ঔৎসুক্যের প্রাবীণ্যে, জিতি’ অন্য ভাব-সৈন্যে, উদয় হৈল নিজ-রাজ্য-মনে ।

মনে হইল লালস, না হয় আপন-বশ, দুঃখে মনে করেন ভর্ৎসনে ॥ ৫৮ ॥

autsukyera prāvīṇye, jiti’ anya bhāva-sainye,

udaya haila nija-rājya-mane

mane ha-ila lālasa, nā haya āpana-vaśa,

duḥkhe mane karena bhartsane

Translation

Then great eagerness conquered all the other soldiers of ecstasy, and an uncontrollable desire arose in the kingdom of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s mind. Greatly unhappy, She then chastised Her own mind.

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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.

Eagerness Overwhelms All Other Feelings

  1. 1

    Great eagerness conquered all the other feelings described as soldiers of ecstasy.

  2. 2

    Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s mind is pictured as a kingdom in which an uncontrollable desire arose.

  3. 3

    In Her great unhappiness, She chastised Her own mind. The following words reveal Her intense desire for Kṛṣṇa.

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. autsukyeraof eagerness
  2. prāvīṇyebecause of high development
  3. jiti’conquering
  4. anyaother
  5. bhāva-sainyesoldiers of ecstasy
  6. udayaarising
  7. hailathere was
  8. nija-rājya-manewithin the kingdom of Her own mind
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose

    The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “rādhārāṇī’s”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the image of a kingdom help you understand the strength of Her eagerness?

Practice

Pause over the words “great eagerness” and write one sentence about what they convey in this passage.

Live this todayEagerness Overwhelms All Other FeelingsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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