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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 13.166Madhya 13.168

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.167

প্ৰভুর ভাবানুরূপ স্বরূপের গান ।

যবে যেই রস তাহা করে মূর্তিমান্ ॥ ১৬৭ ॥

prabhura bhāvānurūpa svarūpera gāna

yabe yei rasa tāhā kare mūrtimān

Translation

Svarūpa Dāmodara used to sing exactly according to the ecstatic emotion of the Lord. Whenever a particular mellow was being tasted by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Svarūpa Dāmodara would personify it by singing.

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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.

Singing According to the Lord’s Emotion

  1. 1

    Svarūpa Dāmodara sang exactly according to the Lord’s ecstatic emotion.

  2. 2

    His singing corresponded to the particular mellow, or devotional mood, that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was tasting.

  3. 3

    Through his singing, Svarūpa Dāmodara personified that mellow.

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. prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  2. bhāva-anurūpafollowing the ecstatic emotions
  3. svarūperaof Svarūpa Dāmodara
  4. gānathe singing
  5. yabewhen
  6. yeiwhatever
  7. rasamellow
  8. tāhāthat
  9. karemakes
  10. mūrtimānpersonified
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mellow”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does Svarūpa Dāmodara’s singing reveal about his attentiveness to the Lord?

Practice

Read this verse slowly and reflect on the words “exactly according to the ecstatic emotion of the Lord.”

Live this todaySinging According to the Lord’s EmotionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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