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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
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

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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.3

জয় শ্রোতাগণ, শুন, করি’ এক মন ।

রথযাত্রায় নৃত্য প্রভুর পরম মোহন ॥ ৩ ॥

jaya śrotā-gaṇa, śuna, kari’ eka mana

ratha-yātrāya nṛtya prabhura parama mohana

Translation

All glories to the listeners of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta! Please hear the description of the dancing of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu at the Ratha-yātrā festival. His dancing is very enchanting. Please hear of it with great attention.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Hear With Great Attention

1
The listeners of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta are offered all glories.
2
They are invited to hear about Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s dancing at the Ratha-yātrā festival.
3
His dancing is very enchanting, and the reader is asked to hear about it with great attention.

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:

After bathing early in the morning, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw the deities (Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā) get aboard their three cars. This function is called Pāṇḍu-vijaya.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

jayaall glories
śrotā-gaṇato the listeners
śunaplease hear
kari’keeping yourself
eka manain one attention
ratha-yātrāyain the car festival
nṛtyadancing
prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
paramaextremely
mohanaenchanting

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “festival”, “ratha-yātrā”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What would help you hear this description with greater attention?

Practice

Set aside one distraction and spend a minute attentively reading this translation.

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