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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 Madhya 1.179

তোমার চিত্তে চৈতন্যেরে কৈছে হয় জ্ঞান ।

তোমার চিত্তে যেই লয়, সেই ত’ প্রমাণ ॥ ১৭৯ ॥

tomāra citte caitanyere kaiche haya jñāna

tomāra citte yei laya, sei ta’ pramāṇa

Translation

Thus Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī informed the King about his mind as a way of knowing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He assured the King that whatever occurred in his mind could be considered evidence.

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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.

The King’s Thoughts Offered as Evidence

  1. 1

    Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī directed the King to consider his own mind as a way of knowing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    He assured the King that whatever occurred in his mind concerning Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu could be considered evidence.

  3. 3

    Rūpa Gosvāmī thus invited the King to recognize and express his understanding of the Lord.

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. tomāra cittein your mind
  2. caitanyereof Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. kaichehow
  4. hayathere is
  5. jñānaknowledge
  6. tomārayour
  7. cittemind
  8. yeiwhatever
  9. layatakes
  10. sei ta’ pramāṇathat is evidence
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What understanding of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu can I express honestly today?

Practice

Write one sentence about your present understanding of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Live this todayThe King’s Thoughts Offered as EvidenceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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