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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 1.85 Madhya 1.87

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.86

ত্রিভঙ্গ-সুন্দর ব্রজে ব্রজেন্দ্রনন্দন ।

কাহাঁ পাব, এই বাঞ্ছা বাড়ে অনুক্ষণ ॥ ৮৬ ॥

tri-bhaṅga-sundara vraje vrajendra-nandana

kāhāṅ pāba, ei vāñchā bāḍe anukṣaṇa

Translation

Absorbed in the ecstasy of the gopīs, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu wished to see Lord Jagannātha in His original form as Kṛṣṇa, the son of Nanda Mahārāja, standing in Vṛndāvana and appearing very beautiful, His body curved in three places. His desire to see that form was always increasing.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

An Ever-Increasing Desire to See Kṛṣṇa

1
Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu was absorbed in the ecstasy of the gopīs.
2
He wished to see Lord Jagannātha in His original form as Kṛṣṇa, the son of Nanda Mahārāja, standing beautifully in Vṛndāvana with His body curved in three places.
3
His desire to see that form was always increasing.

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

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.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

tri-bhaṅgabent in three places
sundarabeautiful
vrajein Vṛndāvana
vrajendra-nandanathe son of Nanda Mahārāja
kāhāṅwhere
pābashall I get
eithis
vāñchādesire
bāḍeincreases
anukṣaṇaincessantly

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”, “gopīs”, “nanda”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the ever-increasing nature of this desire help you notice about His absorption?

Practice

Spend a quiet moment recalling the form of Kṛṣṇa described in this translation.

Live this todayAn Ever-Increasing Desire to See KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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