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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
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 13.150 Madhya 13.152

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.151

তোমা-সবার প্রেমরসে, আমাকে করিল বশে,

আমি তোমার অধীন কেবল ।

তোমা-সবা ছাড়াঞা, আমা দূর-দেশে লঞা,

রাখিয়াছে দুর্দৈব প্রবল ॥ ১৫১ ॥

tomā-sabāra prema-rase, āmāke karila vaśe,

āmi tomāra adhīna kevala

tomā-sabā chāḍāñā, āmā dūra-deśe lañā,

rākhiyāche durdaiva prabala

Translation

“My dear Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, I am always subservient to the loving affairs of all of you. I am under your control only. My separation from you and residence in distant places have occurred due to My strong misfortune.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Is Under Their Loving Control

1
Kṛṣṇa tells Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī that He is always subservient to the loving affairs of all of them.
2
He declares that He is under their control only.
3
He attributes His separation from them and His residence in distant places to His own strong misfortune.

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.

tomā-sabāraof all of you
prema-raseby the ecstasy and mellows of loving affairs
āmākeMe
karilayou have made
vaśesubservient
āmiI
tomāraof you
adhīnasubservient

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”
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “separation”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you in Kṛṣṇa’s description of Himself as under their loving control?

Practice

Copy the sentence “I am under your control only” and reflect briefly on the love described in this verse.

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