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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 19.69 Antya 19.71

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.70

ইতি-ব্রুবাণং বিদুরং বিনীতং সহস্রশীর্ষ্ণশ্চরণোপধানম্ ।

প্রহৃষ্টরোমা ভগবৎকথায়াং প্রণীয়মানো মুনিরভ্যচষ্ট ॥ ৭০ ॥

iti bruvāṇaṁ viduraṁ vinītaṁ

sahasra-śīrṣṇaś caraṇopadhānam

prahṛṣṭa-romā bhagavat-kathāyāṁ

praṇīyamāno munir abhyacaṣṭa

Translation

“When submissive Vidura, the resting place of the legs of Lord Kṛṣṇa, had thus spoken to Maitreya, Maitreya began speaking, his hair standing on end due to the transcendental pleasure of discussing topics concerning Lord Kṛṣṇa.”

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Joy in Discussing Lord Kṛṣṇa

1
Vidura is described as submissive and as the resting place of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s legs.
2
After Vidura spoke, Maitreya began speaking, his hair standing on end from transcendental pleasure in discussing Lord Kṛṣṇa.
3
The purport identifies this passage as a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Antya 19.70 quotesSB 3.13.5

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (3.13.5).

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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:

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.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

itithus
bruvāṇamspeaking
viduramto Vidura
vinītamsubmissive
sahasra-śīrṣṇaḥof Lord Kṛṣṇa
caraṇa-upadhānamthe resting pillow for the legs
prahṛṣṭa-romāwhose hairs on the body were standing
bhagavat-kathāyāmin topics of the Supreme Personality of Godhead

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

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In this verse: “discussing”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What place does attentive discussion of Lord Kṛṣṇa have in my day?

Practice

Share this verse with someone and briefly discuss what it says about Lord Kṛṣṇa and His devotees.

Live this todayJoy in Discussing Lord KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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