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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
Madhya 13.157Madhya 13.159

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.158

তোমার যে প্রেমগুণ,     করে আমা আকর্ষণ,

আনিবে আমা দিন দশ বিশে ।

পুনঃ আসি’ বৃন্দাবনে,     ব্রজবধূ তোমা-সনে,

বিলসিব রজনী-দিবসে ॥ ১৫৮ ॥

tomāra ye prema-guṇa, kare āmā ākarṣaṇa,

ānibe āmā dina daśa biśe

punaḥ āsi’ vṛndāvane, vraja-vadhū tomā-sane,

vilasiba rajanī-divase

Translation

“Your loving qualities always attract Me to Vṛndāvana. Indeed, they will bring Me back within ten or twenty days, and when I return I shall enjoy both day and night with You and all the damsels of Vrajabhūmi.”

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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.

Loving Qualities Draw the Lord Back

  1. 1

    His beloved’s loving qualities always attract the Lord to Vṛndāvana.

  2. 2

    He says that these qualities will bring Him back within ten or twenty days.

  3. 3

    He promises that, upon returning, He will enjoy both day and night with His beloved and all the damsels of Vrajabhūmi.

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:

While performing kīrtana, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu exhibited various symptoms of transcendental ecstasy, and Jagannātha and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu exchanged Their feelings very blissfully. When the cars reached the place known as Balagaṇḍi, the devotees offered the deities simple food.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 13
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tomāraYour
  2. yewhatever
  3. prema-guṇaqualities in ecstatic love
  4. karedo
  5. āmāMe
  6. ākarṣaṇaattracting
  7. ānibewill bring
  8. āmāMe
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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”, “vrajabhūmi”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this promise teach me about the importance of loving qualities?

Practice

Pause over the words “Your loving qualities always attract Me” and reflect on them for one minute today.

Live this todayLoving Qualities Draw the Lord BackThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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