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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 11: The Beḍā-kīrtana Pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Madhya 11.54Madhya 11.56

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.55

প্রেমাবেশে পুষ্পোদ্যানে করিবেন প্রবেশ ।

সেইকালে একলে তুমি ছাড়ি’ রাজবেশ ॥ ৫৫ ॥

premāveśe puṣpodyāne karibena praveśa

sei-kāle ekale tumi chāḍi’ rāja-veśa

Translation

“On that Ratha-yātrā festival day, after dancing before the Lord, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu will enter the Guṇḍicā garden. At that time you should go there alone, without your royal dress.

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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.

Approach Without Royal Dress

  1. 1

    On Ratha-yātrā festival day, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would dance before the Lord.

  2. 2

    After dancing, He would enter the Guṇḍicā garden.

  3. 3

    The instruction was to go there alone at that time, without royal dress.

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

Further reading

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

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

At this time Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya returned from his governmental post, and he praised King Pratāparudra highly in Lord Caitanya’s presence. Because of this, the Lord became a little soft.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prema-āveśein ecstatic love
  2. puṣpa-udyāneinto the garden at Guṇḍicā where the Lord stays
  3. karibena praveśawill enter
  4. sei-kāleat that time
  5. ekalealone
  6. tumiyou
  7. chāḍi’giving up
  8. rāja-veśathe royal dress
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts

    Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “festival”, “ratha-yātrā”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the instruction to leave aside royal dress invite me to consider about my own approach?

Practice

Set aside thoughts of your status during a quiet moment of remembrance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu today.

Live this todayApproach Without Royal DressThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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