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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 17.61Antya 17.63

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 17.62

ক্ষণেকে প্রভুর বাহ্য হৈল, স্বরূপেরে আজ্ঞা দিল, “স্বরূপ, কিছু কর মধুর গান ।” স্বরূপ গায় বিদ্যাপতি, গীতগোবিন্দ-গীতি, শুনি’ প্রভুর জুড়াইল কাণ ॥ ৬২ ॥

kṣaṇeke prabhura bāhya haila, svarūpere ājñā dila,

“svarūpa, kichu kara madhura gāna”

svarūpa gāya vidyāpati, gīta-govinda-gīti,

śuni’ prabhura juḍāila kāṇa

Translation

Suddenly Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to external consciousness and said to Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, “My dear Svarūpa, please sing some sweet songs.” The Lord’s ears were satisfied when He heard Svarūpa Dāmodara sing songs from the Gīta-govinda and those by the poet Vidyāpati.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Sweet Songs Satisfy the Lord’s Ears

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu suddenly returned to external consciousness.

  2. 2

    He affectionately asked Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī to sing some sweet songs.

  3. 3

    Svarūpa Dāmodara sang songs from the Gīta-govinda and songs by Vidyāpati. Hearing them satisfied the Lord’s ears.

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. kṣaṇekewithin a moment
  2. prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. bāhyaexternal consciousness
  4. hailathere was
  5. svarūpere ājñā dilaHe ordered Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī
  6. svarūpaMy dear Svarūpa
  7. kichusome
  8. karamake
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the Lord’s request show about His pleasure in hearing these songs?

Practice

If available, listen attentively to a short song from the Gīta-govinda or by Vidyāpati.

Live this todaySweet Songs Satisfy the Lord’s EarsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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