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5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 13.147 Madhya 13.149

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.148

শুনিয়া রাধিকা-বাণী, ব্ৰজপ্রেম মনে আনি,

ভাবে ব্যাকুলিত দেহ-মন ।

ব্রজলোকের প্রেম শুনি’, আপনাকে ‘ঋণী’ মানি’,

করে কৃষ্ণ তাঁরে আশ্বাসন ॥ ১৪৮ ॥

śuniyā rādhikā-vāṇī, vraja-prema mane āni,

bhāve vyākulita deha-mana

vraja-lokera prema śuni’, āpanāke ‘ṛṇī’ māni’,

kare kṛṣṇa tāṅre āśvāsana

Translation

After hearing Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s statements, Lord Kṛṣṇa’s love for the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana was evoked, and His body and mind became very much perturbed. After hearing of their love for Him, He immediately thought Himself to be always indebted to the residents of Vṛndāvana. Then Kṛṣṇa began to pacify Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī as follows.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Feels Indebted to Their Love

1
Hearing Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s statements evoked Kṛṣṇa’s love for the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana.
2
His body and mind became very much perturbed upon hearing of their love for Him.
3
Kṛṣṇa immediately considered Himself always indebted to the residents of Vṛndāvana. He then began to pacify Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.

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

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

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

With two mṛdaṅgas in each division, there were altogether fourteen mṛdaṅgas. While performing kīrtana, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu exhibited various symptoms of transcendental ecstasy, and Jagannātha and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu exchanged Their feelings very blissfully.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

śuniyāafter hearing
rādhikā-vāṇīthe statement of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
vraja-premathe love of Vraja
mane āniremembering
bhāvein that ecstasy
vyākulitavery much perturbed
deha-manathe body and mind
vraja-lokeraof the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana

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: “love”
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”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What touches you about Kṛṣṇa considering Himself indebted to the residents of Vṛndāvana?

Practice

Pause for a minute over the words “always indebted” and write what they reveal about Kṛṣṇa’s response to their love.

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