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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 11.221 Madhya 11.223

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.222

অশ্রু, পুলক, কম্প, স্বেদ, গম্ভীর হুঙ্কার ।

প্রেমের বিকার দেখি’ লোকে চমত্কার ॥ ২২২ ॥

aśru, pulaka, kampa, sveda, gambhīra huṅkāra

premera vikāra dekhi’ loke camatkāra

Translation

While kīrtana was going on, there was a transformation of ecstatic love and much tears, jubilation, trembling, perspiration and deep resounding in the body of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Upon seeing this transformation, all the people present became very much astonished.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Ecstatic Love During Kīrtana

1
While kīrtana continued, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu showed a transformation of ecstatic love.
2
His body manifested tears, jubilation, trembling, perspiration and deep resounding.
3
All the people present were greatly astonished to see this transformation.

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:

Haridāsa Ṭhākura also came, and due to his humble and submissive attitude, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave him a nice solitary place near the temple. After this, the Lord began performing saṅkīrtana, dividing all the devotees into four groups.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

aśrutears
pulakajubilation
kampatrembling
svedaperspiration
gambhīra huṅkāradeep resounding
premeraof ecstatic love
vikāratransformation
dekhi’seeing
lokeall the people
camatkārawere astonished

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”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “kīrtana”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What strikes you about the people's astonishment at Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's ecstatic love?

Practice

Read this description slowly today, giving careful attention to the words “ecstatic love.”

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