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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 13.178Madhya 13.180

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.179

কভু সুখে নৃত্যরঙ্গ দেখে রথ রাখি’ ।

সে কৌতুক যে দেখিল, সেই তার সাক্ষী ॥ ১৭৯ ॥

kabhu sukhe nṛtya-raṅga dekhe ratha rākhi’

se kautuka ye dekhila, sei tāra sākṣī

Translation

Lord Jagannātha and Lord Balarāma sometimes stopped the car and happily observed Lord Caitanya’s dancing. Anyone who was able to see Them stop and watch the dancing bore witness to Their pastimes.

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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.

The Lords Stop to Watch His Dancing

  1. 1

    Lord Jagannātha and Lord Balarāma sometimes stopped the car.

  2. 2

    They happily observed Lord Caitanya’s dancing.

  3. 3

    Anyone who saw Them stop and watch bore witness to Their pastimes.

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:

When the cars reached the place known as Balagaṇḍi, the devotees offered the deities simple food. At this time, in a nearby garden, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees took a brief rest from the dancing.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kabhusometimes
  2. sukhein great happiness
  3. nṛtya-raṅgaamusement in dancing
  4. dekhesees
  5. rathathe car
  6. rākhi’stopping
  7. se kautukathat amusement
  8. yeanyone who
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does Their stopping to watch invite you to notice about this pastime?

Practice

Pause for one quiet minute today and recall the Lords happily watching the dancing.

Live this todayThe Lords Stop to Watch His DancingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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