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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 13.29Madhya 13.31

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.30

পরমানন্দ পুরী, আর ভারতী ব্রহ্মানন্দ ।

শ্রীহস্তে চন্দন পাঞা বাড়িল আনন্দ ॥ ৩০ ॥

paramānanda purī, āra bhāratī brahmānanda

śrī-haste candana pāñā bāḍila ānanda

Translation

Paramānanda Purī and Brahmānanda Bhāratī were both personally given garlands and sandalwood pulp from the very hands of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. This increased their transcendental pleasure.

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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.

His Personal Gifts Increased Their Transcendental Pleasure

  1. 1

    Paramānanda Purī and Brahmānanda Bhāratī both received garlands and sandalwood pulp.

  2. 2

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally gave these gifts with His own hands.

  3. 3

    Receiving them increased their transcendental pleasure.

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:

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.

  1. paramānanda purīParamānanda Purī
  2. āraand
  3. bhāratī brahmānandaBrahmānanda Bhāratī
  4. śrī-hasteby the hand of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  5. candanasandalwood pulp
  6. pāñāgetting
  7. bāḍilaincreased
  8. ānandatranscendental bliss
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Why does the detail that these gifts came from His own hands stand out to you?

Practice

Take a moment to recall the two recipients and the pleasure they felt in receiving His personal gifts.

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