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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 1.239Madhya 1.241

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.240

লীলাস্থল দেখি’ প্রেমে হইলা অস্থির ।

বলভদ্র কৈল তাঁরে মথুরার বাহির ॥ ২৪০ ॥

līlā-sthala dekhi’ preme ha-ilā asthira

balabhadra kaila tāṅre mathurāra bāhira

Translation

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited all twelve places of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes, He became very much agitated because of ecstasy. Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya somehow or other got Him out of Mathurā.

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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.

Ecstasy at Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s Pastime Places

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited all twelve places of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes.

  2. 2

    He became very much agitated because of ecstasy.

  3. 3

    Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya somehow or other got Him out of Mathurā.

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. līlā-sthalaall the holy places of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes
  2. dekhi’visiting
  3. premein great ecstasy
  4. ha-ilābecame
  5. asthiraagitated
  6. balabhadraBalabhadra
  7. kailaassisted
  8. tāṅreLord Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  9. mathurāraof the town of Mathurā
  10. bāhiraoutside
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What strikes you about the Lord’s response to visiting Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s pastime places?

Practice

Pause for a moment over the words “because of ecstasy,” remembering the Lord’s response to these places.

Live this todayEcstasy at Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s Pastime PlacesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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