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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 13: The Ecstatic Dancing of the Lord at Ratha-yātrā
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.11

উচ্চ দৃঢ় তুলী সব পাতি’ স্থানে স্থানে ।

এক তুলী হৈতে ত্বরায় আর তুলীতে আনে ॥ ১১ ॥

ucca dṛḍha tulī saba pāti’ sthāne sthāne

eka tulī haite tvarāya āra tulīte āne

Translation

Strong, puffed-up cotton pads called tulīs were spread out from the throne to the car, and the heavy Deity of Lord Jagannātha was carried from one pillowlike pad to the next by the dayitās.

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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.

Carrying the Lord from Pad to Pad

  1. 1

    Strong, puffed-up cotton pads called tulīs were spread from the throne to the car.

  2. 2

    The Deity of Lord Jagannātha was heavy.

  3. 3

    The dayitās carried Him from one pillowlike pad to the next.

How it feels

Public ecstasy with inward longing. The festival’s collective joy carries the profound Vraja mood of meeting and separation.

The mood of Madhya 13 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 13: The Ecstatic Dancing of the Lord at Ratha-yātrā

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

Lord Jagannātha took permission from the goddess of fortune and then started in the car for the Guṇḍicā temple. The road to the temple led along a broad, sandy beach, and on both sides of the road were residential quarters, houses and gardens.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. uccapuffed up
  2. dṛḍhastrong
  3. tulīpads made of cotton
  4. sabaall
  5. pāti’spreading
  6. sthāne sthānefrom one place to another
  7. eka tulīone pad
  8. haitefrom
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about the preparations for carrying Lord Jagannātha?

Practice

Reread the verse and picture the cotton pads spread along the route from the throne to the car.

Live this todayCarrying the Lord from Pad to PadThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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