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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 17.7Antya 17.9

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 17.8

এইমতে নানাভাবে অর্ধরাত্রি হৈল ।

গোসাঞিরে শয়ন করাই’ দুঁহে ঘরে গেল ॥ ৮ ॥

ei-mate nānā-bhāve ardha-rātri haila

gosāñire śayana karāi’ duṅhe ghare gela

Translation

In this way Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu passed half the night experiencing varieties of emotions. Finally, after making the Lord lie down on His bed, Svarūpa Dāmodara and Rāmānanda Rāya returned to their homes.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Attending to the Lord After His Ecstasy

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu passed half the night experiencing varieties of emotions.

  2. 2

    At the end, Svarūpa Dāmodara and Rāmānanda Rāya made the Lord lie down on His bed.

  3. 3

    After attending to Him in this way, they returned to their homes.

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. ei-matein this way
  2. nānā-bhāvein varieties of emotions
  3. ardha-rātrihalf the night
  4. hailapassed
  5. gosāñireŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. śayana karāi’making Him lie down
  7. duṅheboth
  8. ghare gelawent home
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What can I appreciate about the companions’ care for the Lord before leaving?

Practice

Write down the simple act of care with which the companions concluded the night.

Live this todayAttending to the Lord After His EcstasyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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