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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 1.10Madhya 1.13

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Madhya 1.11-12

তার মধ্যে যেই ভাগ দাস-বৃন্দাবন ।

‘চৈতন্যমঙ্গলে’ বিস্তারি’ করিলা বর্ণন ॥ ১১ ॥

tāra madhye yei bhāga dāsa-vṛndāvana

‘caitanya-maṅgale’ vistāri’ karilā varṇana

Translation

I shall describe only in synopsis that portion which Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has described very elaborately in his book Caitanya-maṅgala. Whatever incidents are outstanding, however, I shall later elaborate.

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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.

Summary and Elaboration Have Their Places

  1. 1

    Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has described a portion of the pastimes very elaborately in Caitanya-maṅgala.

  2. 2

    The author will describe that portion only in synopsis.

  3. 3

    He will later elaborate on whatever incidents are outstanding.

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:

All of these are described in brief. 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.
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. tāra madhyeamongst them
  2. yeiwhich
  3. bhāgaportion
  4. dāsa-vṛndāvanaŚrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura
  5. caitanya-maṅgalein his book Caitanya-maṅgala
  6. vistāri’elaborating
  7. karilā varṇanahas described
  8. sei bhāgeraof that portion
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “vṛndāvana”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do I notice about the author's care in choosing what to summarize and what to elaborate?

Practice

Write down the author's two plans: summarize the portion already described elaborately and later expand on outstanding incidents.

Live this todaySummary and Elaboration Have Their PlacesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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