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  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 10: The Lord’s Return to Jagannātha Purī
Madhya 9.365Madhya 10.2

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 10.1

তং বন্দে গৌরজলদং স্বস্য যো দর্শনামৃতৈঃ ।

বিচ্ছেদাবগ্রহম্লান-ভক্তশস্যান্যজীবয়ৎ ॥ ১ ॥

taṁ vande gaura-jaladaṁ

svasya yo darśanāmṛtaiḥ

vicchedāvagraha-mlāna-

bhakta-śasyāny ajīvayat

Translation

I offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is compared to a cloud that pours water on fields of grain, which are like devotees suffering due to a shortage of rain. Separation from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is like a drought, but when the Lord returns, His presence is like a nectarean rain that falls on all the grains and saves them from perishing.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord’s Presence Nourishes His Devotees

  1. 1

    The author offers respectful obeisances unto Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, comparing Him to a cloud that pours rain on fields of grain.

  2. 2

    The devotees are like grain suffering from a shortage of rain. Separation from the Lord is compared to a drought.

  3. 3

    When the Lord returns, His presence is like nectarean rain. It nourishes the devotees and saves them from perishing.

How it feels

Relief and affectionate reunion. Devotees gather as the Lord returns; separation is temporarily relieved.

The mood of Madhya 10 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 10: The Lord’s Return to Jagannātha Purī

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

While Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was traveling in South India, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya had many talks with King Pratāparudra. When Mahārāja Pratāparudra requested the Bhaṭṭācārya to arrange an interview with the Lord, the Bhaṭṭācārya assured him that he would try to do so as soon as Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned from South India.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tamunto Him
  2. vandeI offer my respectful obeisances
  3. gauraŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. jala-damrain cloud
  5. svasyaof Himself
  6. yaḥHe who
  7. darśana-amṛtaiḥby the nectar of the audience
  8. vicchedabecause of separation
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vipralambha · Love in separation

    Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “separation”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the image of life-giving rain help you understand about the devotees’ longing for the Lord?

Practice

Today, offer respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu while recalling the image of His presence as nectarean rain.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Presence Nourishes His DevoteesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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