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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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 1: The Later Pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Madhya 1.106Madhya 1.108

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.107

শ্রীরঙ্গক্ষেত্র আইলা কাবেরীর তীর ।

শ্রীরঙ্গ দেখিয়া প্রেমে হইলা অস্থির ॥ ১০৭ ॥

śrī-raṅga-kṣetra āilā kāverīra tīra

śrī-raṅga dekhiyā preme ha-ilā asthira

Translation

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to the land of Śrī Raṅga-kṣetra, on the bank of the Kāverī, He visited the temple of Śrī Raṅganātha and was there overwhelmed in the ecstasy of love of Godhead.

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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.

Love of Godhead at Śrī Raṅganātha’s Temple

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to Śrī Raṅga-kṣetra, on the bank of the Kāverī.

  2. 2

    He visited the temple of Śrī Raṅganātha.

  3. 3

    There He was overwhelmed in the ecstasy of love of Godhead.

How it feels

Anticipation and hidden longing. The author previews later pastimes, including the inner Vraja mood expressed at Ratha-yātrā.

The mood of Madhya 1 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 1: The Later Pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

There is also a description of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstasy that occurred when He recited the verse beginning yaḥ kaumāra-haraḥ, as well as a description of how that ecstasy was explained in the verse beginning priyaḥ so ’yaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ, by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. Because he wrote that verse, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was specifically blessed by the Lord.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. śrī-raṅga-kṣetrato the place where the temple of Raṅganātha is situated
  2. āilācame
  3. kāverīraof the river Kāverī
  4. tīrathe bank
  5. śrī-raṅga dekhiyāafter seeing this temple
  6. premein love of Godhead
  7. ha-ilābecame
  8. asthiraagitated
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love of godhead”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What draws your attention to love of Godhead in this temple visit?

Practice

Read the translation slowly today, pausing to reflect on Mahāprabhu’s love of Godhead.

Live this todayLove of Godhead at Śrī Raṅganātha’s TempleThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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