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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 11: The Beḍā-kīrtana Pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Madhya 10.190 Madhya 11.2

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.1

অত্যুদ্দণ্ডং তাণ্ডবং গৌরচন্দ্রঃ

কুর্বন্ ভক্তৈঃ শ্রীজগন্নাথগেহে ।

নানাভাবালঙ্কৃতাঙ্গঃ স্বধাম্না

চক্রে বিশ্বং প্রেমবন্যা-নিমগ্নম্ ॥ ১ ॥

aty-uddaṇḍaṁ tāṇḍavaṁ gauracandraḥ

kurvan bhaktaiḥ śrī-jagannātha-gehe

nānā-bhāvālaṅkṛtāṅgaḥ sva-dhāmnā

cakre viśvaṁ prema-vanyā-nimagnam

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu merged the entire world into the ocean of ecstatic love by performing His beautiful dances within the temple of Jagannātha. He danced exquisitely and jumped high.

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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.

The Lord’s Dancing Spreads Ecstatic Love

1
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed beautiful dances within the temple of Jagannātha.
2
Through His dancing, He merged the entire world into the ocean of ecstatic love.
3
He danced exquisitely and jumped high.

How it feels

Communal anticipation. Arriving devotees, kīrtana, and longing to meet the Lord converge.

The mood of Madhya 11 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Madhya 11: The Beḍā-kīrtana Pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

When Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya tried his best to arrange a meeting between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and King Pratāparudra, the Lord flatly denied his request. At this time Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya returned from his governmental post, and he praised King Pratāparudra highly in Lord Caitanya’s presence.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

ativery much
uddaṇḍamhigh jumping
tāṇḍavamvery graceful dancing
gaura-candraḥLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
kurvanperforming
bhaktaiḥwith the devotees
śrī-jagannātha-gehein the temple of Lord Jagannātha
nānā-bhāva-alaṅkṛta-aṅgaḥhaving many ecstatic symptoms manifested in His transcendental body

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “ecstatic love”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What touches you about the Lord’s dancing filling the world with ecstatic love?

Practice

Read the translation slowly and spend a moment remembering the Lord’s beautiful dancing.

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