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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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 13: The Ecstatic Dancing of the Lord at Ratha-yātrā
Madhya 13.163Madhya 13.165

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.164

স্বরূপের ইন্দ্রিয়ে প্রভুর নিজেন্দ্রিয়গণ ।

আবিষ্ট হঞা করে গান-আস্বাদন ॥ ১৬৪ ॥

svarūpera indriye prabhura nijendriya-gaṇa

āviṣṭa hañā kare gāna-āsvādana

Translation

The senses of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu were identical with the senses of Svarūpa. Therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu used to become fully absorbed in tasting the singing of Svarūpa Dāmodara.

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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.

Fully Absorbed in Svarūpa Dāmodara’s Singing

  1. 1

    The senses of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu were identical with the senses of Svarūpa.

  2. 2

    Svarūpa Dāmodara’s singing was tasted by Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  3. 3

    Because of this identity of their senses, the Lord became fully absorbed in tasting his singing.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. svarūperaof Svarūpa Dāmodara
  2. indriyein the senses
  3. prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. nija-indriya-gaṇaown senses
  5. āviṣṭa hañābeing fully absorbed
  6. karedoes
  7. gānathe singing
  8. āsvādanatasting
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this verse show me about the closeness of the Lord and Svarūpa Dāmodara?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the Lord’s full absorption in Svarūpa Dāmodara’s singing.

Live this todayFully Absorbed in Svarūpa Dāmodara’s SingingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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