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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 13.206 Madhya 13.208

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.207

রথারূঢ়স্যারাদধিপদবি নীলাচলপতে-

রদভ্রপ্রেমোর্মিস্ফু রিতনটনোল্লাসবিবশঃ ।

সহর্ষং গায়দ্ভিঃ পরিবৃত-তনুর্বৈষ্ণবজনৈঃ

স চৈতন্যঃ কিং মে পুনরপি দৃশোর্যাস্যতি পদম্ ॥ ২০৭ ॥

rathārūḍhasyārād adhipadavi nīlācala-pater

adabhra-premormi-sphurita-naṭanollāsa-vivaśaḥ

sa-harṣaṁ gāyadbhiḥ parivṛta-tanur vaiṣṇava-janaiḥ

sa caitanyaḥ kiṁ me punar api dṛśor yāsyati padam

Translation

“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu danced down the main road in great ecstasy before Lord Jagannātha, the master of Nīlācala, who was sitting on His car. Overwhelmed by the transcendental bliss of dancing and surrounded by Vaiṣṇavas who sang the holy names, He manifested waves of ecstatic love of Godhead. When will Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again be visible to my vision?”

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Dancing in Waves of Ecstatic Love

1
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu danced down the main road in great ecstasy before Lord Jagannātha, the master of Nīlācala, who sat on His car.
2
Surrounded by Vaiṣṇavas singing the holy names, He was overwhelmed by the transcendental bliss of dancing and manifested waves of ecstatic love of Godhead.
3
The prayer expresses a longing to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again.

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.

ratha-ārūḍhasyaof the Supreme Lord, who was placed aboard the car
ārātin front
adhipadavion the main road
nīlācala-pateḥof Lord Jagannātha, the Lord of Nīlācala
adabhragreat
prema-ūrmiby waves of love of Godhead
sphuritawhich was manifested
naṭana-ullāsa-vivaśaḥbeing overwhelmed by the transcendental bliss of dancing

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of godhead”, “ecstatic love”
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “longing”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What touches you most in this prayer’s longing to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?

Practice

Chant the holy names for a few minutes today, recalling the Vaiṣṇavas surrounding the dancing Lord.

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