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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 12: The Cleansing of the Guṇḍicā Temple
Madhya 12.62Madhya 12.64

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.63

প্রভুস্পর্শে রাজপুত্রের হৈল প্রেমাবেশ ।

স্বেদ, কম্প, অশ্রু, স্তম্ভ, পুলক বিশেষ ॥ ৬৩ ॥

prabhu-sparśe rāja-putrera haila premāveśa

sveda, kampa, aśru, stambha, pulaka viśeṣa

Translation

As soon as the prince was touched by Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, symptoms of ecstatic love immediately manifested themselves in his body. These symptoms included perspiration, trembling, tears, being stunned and jubilation.

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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.

The Lord’s Touch Awakens Ecstatic Love

  1. 1

    The prince was touched by Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    Symptoms of ecstatic love immediately appeared in the prince’s body.

  3. 3

    These symptoms included perspiration, trembling, tears, being stunned and jubilation.

How it feels

Purification through joyful service. Collective cleansing becomes a visible devotional act before Ratha-yātrā.

The mood of Madhya 12 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 12: The Cleansing of the Guṇḍicā Temple

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

This incident is very significant, for it awoke within the devotee ecstatic love. Then the son of Advaita Prabhu named Gopāla fainted during kīrtana, and when he did not come to his senses, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu favored him by awakening him.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prabhu-sparśebecause of being touched by the Lord
  2. rāja-putreraof the King’s son
  3. hailathere was
  4. prema-āveśaecstatic love
  5. svedaperspiration
  6. kampatrembling
  7. aśrutears
  8. stambhabeing stunned
  9. pulakajubilation
  10. viśeṣaspecifically
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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 does the immediate response of the prince reveal to you about this encounter?

Practice

Reread the verse slowly, noting that the prince’s ecstatic symptoms appeared upon the Lord’s touch.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Touch Awakens Ecstatic LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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