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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 1.108Madhya 1.110

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.109

শ্রীবৈষ্ণব ত্রিমল্লভট্ট — পরম পণ্ডিত ।

গোসাঞির পাণ্ডিত্য-প্রেমে হইলা বিস্মিত ॥ ১০৯ ॥

śrī-vaiṣṇava trimalla-bhaṭṭa — parama paṇḍita

gosāñira pāṇḍitya-preme ha-ilā vismita

Translation

Śrī Trimalla Bhaṭṭa was both a member of the Śrī Vaiṣṇava community and a learned scholar; therefore when he saw Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who was both a great scholar and a great devotee of the Lord, he was very much astonished.

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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.

Scholarship and Devotion Inspire Astonishment

  1. 1

    Śrī Trimalla Bhaṭṭa belonged to the Śrī Vaiṣṇava community and was a learned scholar.

  2. 2

    Caitanya Mahāprabhu was both a great scholar and a great devotee of the Lord.

  3. 3

    Seeing Mahāprabhu greatly astonished Trimalla Bhaṭṭa.

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.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. śrī-vaiṣṇava trimalla-bhaṭṭaTrimalla Bhaṭṭa was a Śrī Vaiṣṇava
  2. paramahighly
  3. paṇḍitalearned scholar
  4. gosāñiraof Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  5. pāṇḍityascholarship
  6. premeas well as in the love of Godhead
  7. ha-ilāwas
  8. vismitaastonished
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How do you respond to the combination of scholarship and devotion described here?

Practice

Write one sentence reflecting on Mahāprabhu as both a great scholar and a great devotee.

Live this todayScholarship and Devotion Inspire AstonishmentThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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