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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 13.158 Madhya 13.160

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.159

এত তাঁরে কহি কৃষ্ণ, ব্রজে যাইতে সতৃষ্ণ,

এক শ্লোক পড়ি’ শুনাইল ।

সেই শ্লোক শুনি’ রাধা, খণ্ডিল সকল বাধা,

কৃষ্ণপ্রাপ্ত্যে প্রতীতি হইল ॥ ১৫৯ ॥

eta tāṅre kahi kṛṣṇa, vraje yāite satṛṣṇa,

eka śloka paḍi’ śunāila

sei śloka śuni’ rādhā, khāṇḍila sakala bādhā,

kṛṣṇa-prāptye pratīti ha-ila

Translation

While speaking to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, Kṛṣṇa became very anxious to return to Vṛndāvana. He made Her listen to a verse which banished all Her difficulties and which assured Her that She would again attain Kṛṣṇa.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Assurance Banishes Difficulties

1
While speaking to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, Kṛṣṇa became very anxious to return to Vṛndāvana.
2
He made Her listen to a verse that banished all Her difficulties.
3
That verse assured Her that She would again attain Kṛṣṇa.

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:

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.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

etaso much
tāṅreunto Rādhārāṇī
kahispeaking
kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa
vrajein Vṛndāvana
yāiteto go
sa-tṛṣṇavery anxious
eka ślokaone verse

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”
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 stands out to me about the care Kṛṣṇa shows in reassuring Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī?

Practice

Read this passage aloud once, giving special attention to Kṛṣṇa’s assurance.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Assurance Banishes DifficultiesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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