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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 13.190Madhya 13.192

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.191

তবে প্রভু নিজ-ভক্তগণ লঞা সঙ্গে ।

বলদেব-সুভদ্রাগ্রে নৃত্য করে রঙ্গে ॥ ১৯১ ॥

tabe prabhu nija-bhakta-gaṇa lañā saṅge

baladeva-subhadrāgre nṛtya kare raṅge

Translation

As the car began to move, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took His personal associates in front of the cars occupied by Lord Balarāma and Subhadrā, the goddess of fortune. Greatly inspired, He then began to dance in front of them.

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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.

Inspired Dancing Before Balarāma and Subhadrā

  1. 1

    As the car began moving, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took His personal associates with Him.

  2. 2

    He brought them before the cars of Lord Balarāma and Subhadrā, the goddess of fortune.

  3. 3

    Greatly inspired, He began to dance in front of them.

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:

Lord Jagannātha took permission from the goddess of fortune and then started in the car for the Guṇḍicā temple. The road to the temple led along a broad, sandy beach, and on both sides of the road were residential quarters, houses and gardens.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tabeat that time
  2. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. nijapersonal
  4. bhakta-gaṇadevotees
  5. lañātaking
  6. saṅgewith Him
  7. baladevaof Lord Balarāma
  8. subhadrāof the goddess of fortune Subhadrā
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “associates”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to me about the Lord bringing His associates into this moment of inspired dancing?

Practice

Spend a minute recalling Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s inspired dance before Lord Balarāma and Subhadrā.

Live this todayInspired Dancing Before Balarāma and SubhadrāThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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