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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 19.57

প্রেমাবেশে মহাপ্রভুর গর-গর মন ।

নামসঙ্কীর্তন করি’ করেন জাগরণ ॥ ৫৭ ॥

premāveśe mahāprabhura gara-gara mana

nāma-saṅkīrtana kari’ karena jāgaraṇa

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed awake all night, chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, His mind overwhelmed by spiritual ecstasy.

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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.

Chanting Through the Night in Spiritual Ecstasy

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed awake throughout the night, chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.

  2. 2

    His mind was overwhelmed by spiritual ecstasy.

  3. 3

    The following verses describe His intense feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa, giving context to this night of chanting.

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. prema-āveśein greatly ecstatic emotion
  2. mahāprabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. gara-gara manathe mind was fully overwhelmed
  4. nāma-saṅkīrtana kari’chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra
  5. karenadoes
  6. jāgaraṇawakefulness
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “chanting”

  • Vipralambha · Love in separation

    Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “separation”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this description invite you to give more attention to the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra?

Practice

Spend a few quiet minutes today chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra attentively.

Live this todayChanting Through the Night in Spiritual EcstasyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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