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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
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 17.6

বিদ্যাপতি, চণ্ডীদাস, শ্রীগীতগোবিন্দ ।

ভাবানুরূপ শ্লোক পড়েন রায়-রামানন্দ ॥ ৬ ॥

vidyāpati, caṇḍīdāsa, śrī-gīta-govinda

bhāvānurūpa śloka paḍena rāya-rāmānanda

Translation

To complement the ecstasy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Rāmānanda Rāya would quote verses from the books of Vidyāpati and Caṇḍīdāsa, and especially from the Gīta-govinda, by Jayadeva Gosvāmī.

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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.

Poetry Complements the Lord’s Ecstasy

  1. 1

    Rāmānanda Rāya quoted verses to complement Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstasy.

  2. 2

    He drew verses from the books of Vidyāpati and Caṇḍīdāsa.

  3. 3

    He especially quoted from the Gīta-govinda, by Jayadeva Gosvāmī.

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. vidyāpatithe author Vidyāpati
  2. caṇḍīdāsathe author Caṇḍīdāsa
  3. śrī-gīta-govindathe famous book by Jayadeva Gosvāmī
  4. bhāva-anurūpaaccording to the ecstatic emotion
  5. ślokaverses
  6. paḍenarecites
  7. rāya-rāmānandaRāmānanda Rāya
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the purpose of these quotations help me understand Rāmānanda Rāya’s service?

Practice

List the three sources named here, and write beside them why Rāmānanda Rāya quoted their verses.

Live this todayPoetry Complements the Lord’s EcstasyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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