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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.132

ভাগবতে আছে যৈছে রাধিকা-বচন ।

পূর্বে তাহা সূত্রমধ্যে করিয়াছি বর্ণন ॥ ১৩২ ॥

bhāgavate āche yaiche rādhikā-vacana

pūrve tāhā sūtra-madhye kariyāchi varṇana

Translation

I have already described in brief Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s statement from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

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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.

Rādhārāṇī’s Statement Briefly Described

  1. 1

    The statement belongs to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.

  2. 2

    It comes from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

  3. 3

    The author says that he has already described it in brief.

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:

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu divided His saṅkīrtana party into seven divisions. With two mṛdaṅgas in each division, there were altogether fourteen mṛdaṅgas.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. bhāgavatein Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
  2. āchethere is
  3. yaicheas
  4. rādhikā-vacanathe statement of Śrīmatī Rādhikā
  5. pūrvepreviously
  6. tāhāthat
  7. sūtra-madhyein the synopsis
  8. kariyāchi varṇanaI have described
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose

    The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “rādhārāṇī’s”, “rādhārāṇī”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does knowing whose statement this is shape your attention to it?

Practice

Read the translation once more, noting both the speaker of the statement and its source.

Live this todayRādhārāṇī’s Statement Briefly DescribedThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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