1 · Learn4 of 6 · 5 min
Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.68
উঠি’ মহাপ্রভু তাঁরে চাপড় মারিয়া ।
কহিতে লাগিলা কিছু কোলেতে করিয়া ॥ ৬৮ ॥
uṭhi’ mahāprabhu tāṅre cāpaḍa māriyā
kahite lāgilā kichu kolete kariyā
When Rūpa Gosvāmī fell down like a rod, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu got up and gave him a slap. Then, taking him on His lap, He began to speak to him.
Read this verse on Vedabase.ioThis verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.
Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Rūpa Gosvāmī fell down like a rod before Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu got up and gave him a slap.
Then He took Rūpa Gosvāmī on His lap and began speaking to him.
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
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to me about the Lord taking Rūpa Gosvāmī on His lap?
Read the translation slowly once, noticing the sequence of the Lord’s actions.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
Ask Caitanya CaritamrtaHave a question about CC Madhya 1.68? Get an answer from the verses themselves.