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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 1.97Madhya 1.99

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.98

ক্রুদ্ধ হঞা একা গেলা জগন্নাথ দেখিতে ।

দেখিয়া মূর্চ্ছিত হঞা পড়িলা ভূমিতে ॥ ৯৮ ॥

kruddha hañā ekā gelā jagannātha dekhite

dekhiyā mūrcchita hañā paḍilā bhūmite

Translation

After His sannyāsa rod was broken by Nityānanda Prabhu, Caitanya Mahāprabhu apparently became very angry and left His company to travel alone to the Jagannātha temple. When Caitanya Mahāprabhu entered the Jagannātha temple and saw Lord Jagannātha, He immediately lost His senses and fell down on the ground.

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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.

Overwhelmed at the Sight of Lord Jagannātha

  1. 1

    After Nityānanda Prabhu broke His sannyāsa rod, Caitanya Mahāprabhu apparently became very angry.

  2. 2

    He left Nityānanda Prabhu’s company and traveled alone to the Jagannātha temple.

  3. 3

    Upon entering the temple and seeing Lord Jagannātha, Caitanya Mahāprabhu immediately lost His senses and fell to the ground.

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. kruddhaangry
  2. hañābecoming
  3. ekāalone
  4. gelāwent
  5. jagannāthaLord Jagannātha
  6. dekhiteto see
  7. dekhiyāafter seeing Jagannātha
  8. mūrcchitasenseless
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What strikes me about Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s response upon seeing Lord Jagannātha?

Practice

Pause for a minute today to reflect on the Lord’s meeting with Lord Jagannātha as described in this translation.

Live this todayOverwhelmed at the Sight of Lord JagannāthaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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