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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 1.1Madhya 1.3

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.2

বন্দে শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য-নিত্যানন্দৌ সহোদিতৌ ।

গৌড়োদয়ে পুষ্পবন্তৌ চিত্রৌ শন্দৌ তমোনুদৌ ॥ ২ ॥

vande śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-

nityānandau sahoditau

gauḍodaye puṣpavantau

citrau śan-dau tamo-nudau

Translation

I offer my respectful obeisances unto Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda, who are like the sun and moon. They have arisen simultaneously on the horizon of Gauḍa to dissipate the darkness of ignorance and thus wonderfully bestow benediction upon all.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Dispelling the Darkness of Ignorance

  1. 1

    The author offers respectful obeisances unto Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda.

  2. 2

    They are like the sun and moon, arising simultaneously on the horizon of Gauḍa.

  3. 3

    They dissipate the darkness of ignorance and wonderfully bestow benediction upon all.

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:

In this chapter there is a summary description of all the pastimes performed by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu during the middle period of His activities as well as the six years at the end of His activities. All of these are described in brief.
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. vandeI offer respectful obeisances
  2. śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanyato Lord Śrī Krsna Caitanya
  3. nityānandauand to Lord Nityānanda
  4. saha-uditausimultaneously arisen
  5. gauḍa-udayeon the eastern horizon of Gauḍa
  6. puṣpavantauthe sun and moon together
  7. citrauwonderful
  8. śam-daubestowing benediction
  9. tamaḥ-nudaudissipating darkness
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the image of the sun and moon suggest to you about Their benediction?

Practice

Offer respectful obeisances to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda, remembering that They dispel ignorance.

Live this todayDispelling the Darkness of IgnoranceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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