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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Antya-līlā · Chapter 19: The Inconceivable Behavior of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Antya 19.99 Antya 19.101

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.100

স্বরূপ-রামানন্দ গায়, প্রভু নাচে, সুখ পায়, এইমতে প্রাতঃকাল হৈল ।

স্বরূপ-রামানন্দরায়, করি নানা উপায়, মহাপ্রভুর বাহ্যস্ফূর্তি কৈল ॥ ১০০ ॥

svarūpa-rāmānanda gāya, prabhu nāce, sukha pāya,

ei-mate prātaḥ-kāla haila

svarūpa-rāmānanda-rāya, kari nānā upāya,

mahāprabhura bāhya-sphūrti kaila

Translation

Both Svarūpa Dāmodara and Rāmānanda Rāya sang to the Lord, who danced and enjoyed happiness until the morning arrived. Then the Lord’s two associates devised a plan to bring Him to external consciousness.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Loving Associates Sing and Care

1
Svarūpa Dāmodara and Rāmānanda Rāya sang to the Lord.
2
The Lord danced and enjoyed happiness until morning arrived.
3
His two associates then devised a plan to bring Him to external consciousness. Their singing was accompanied by attentive care.

How it feels

Longing beyond ordinary categories. Extreme separation alternates with moments of visionary encounter.

The mood of Antya 19 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Antya 19: The Inconceivable Behavior of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

To stop this, Svarūpa Dāmodara asked Śaṅkara Paṇḍita to stay at night in the same room with the Lord. This chapter further describes how Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entered the Jagannātha-vallabha garden during the full-moon night of Vaiśākha (April-May) and experienced various transcendental ecstasies.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

svarūpa-rāmānanda gāyaSvarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Rāmānanda Rāya sing
prabhu nāceLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu dances
sukha pāyaenjoys happiness
ei-matein this way
prātaḥ-kāla hailamorning arrived
svarūpa-rāmānanda-rāyaboth Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Rāmānanda Rāya
karidevising
nānāvarious

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “associates”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What can you learn from the associates’ attention to the Lord?

Practice

Offer one small act of attentive care to someone today.

Live this todayLoving Associates Sing and CareThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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