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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.102

এইমত মহাপ্রভু পাঞা চেতন ।

স্নান করি’ কৈল জগন্নাথ-দরশন ॥ ১০২ ॥

ei-mata mahāprabhu pāñā cetana

snāna kari’ kaila jagannātha-daraśana

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu thus returned to external consciousness. He then bathed and went to see Lord Jagannātha.

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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.

The Lord Goes to See Jagannātha

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to external consciousness.

  2. 2

    After returning to external consciousness, He bathed.

  3. 3

    He then went to see Lord Jagannātha. The account moves from His absorption in Kṛṣṇa’s fragrance to this devotional visit.

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

Further reading

Antya 19: The Inconceivable Behavior of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

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. Overwhelmed with ecstatic love at suddenly seeing Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa beneath an aśoka tree, He exhibited various symptoms of spiritual madness.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 19
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ei-matain this way
  2. mahāprabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. pāñā cetanabecoming conscious
  4. snāna kari’after bathing
  5. kaila jagannātha-daraśanasaw Lord Jagannātha
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you notice about the Lord’s actions after He returned to external consciousness?

Practice

After bathing today, set aside a quiet moment to remember Lord Jagannātha.

Live this todayThe Lord Goes to See JagannāthaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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