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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 13: The Ecstatic Dancing of the Lord at Ratha-yātrā
Madhya 13.11Madhya 13.13

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.12

প্ৰভু-পদাঘাতে তুলী হয় খণ্ড খণ্ড ।

তুলা সব উড়ি’ যায়, শব্দ হয় প্রচণ্ড ॥ ১২ ॥

prabhu-padāghāte tulī haya khaṇḍa khaṇḍa

tulā saba uḍi’ yāya, śabda haya pracaṇḍa

Translation

While the dayitās carried the heavy Jagannātha Deity from one pad to the next, some of the pads broke, and the cotton contents floated into the air. When they broke, they made a heavy cracking sound.

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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 Heavy Deity Breaks the Pads

  1. 1

    The dayitās carried the heavy Jagannātha Deity from one pad to the next.

  2. 2

    Some pads broke, and their cotton contents floated into the air.

  3. 3

    The breaking pads made a heavy cracking sound.

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:

After bathing early in the morning, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw the deities (Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā) get aboard their three cars. This function is called Pāṇḍu-vijaya.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prabhu-pada-āghāteby the kicking of Lord Jagannātha
  2. tulīthe pads
  3. hayabecome
  4. khaṇḍa khaṇḍabroken to pieces
  5. tulācotton from inside
  6. sabaall
  7. uḍi’ yāyarises
  8. śabdasound
  9. hayathere is
  10. pracaṇḍavery much
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How do the sounds and floating cotton make this description vivid for you?

Practice

Read the verse once slowly, noticing both what could be seen and what could be heard.

Live this todayThe Heavy Deity Breaks the PadsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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