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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 13.59Madhya 13.61

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.60

রাজার তুচ্ছ সেবা দেখি’ প্রভুর তুষ্ট মন ।

সেই ত’ প্রসাদে পাইল ‘রহস্য-দর্শন’ ॥ ৬০ ॥

rājāra tuccha sevā dekhi’ prabhura tuṣṭa mana

sei ta’ prasāde pāila ‘rahasya-darśana’

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had been very satisfied to see the King accept the menial task of sweeping the street, and for this humility the King received the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He could therefore observe the mystery of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s activities.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Humble Service Opens Understanding Through Mercy

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very satisfied when the King accepted the menial task of sweeping the street. For this humility, the King received His mercy.

  2. 2

    Lord Jagannātha stopped His car to watch Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s dancing. The seer and the dancer were the same Supreme Person, exhibiting varied pastimes while being one and many at the same time.

  3. 3

    By the Lord’s mercy, the King understood how They enjoyed each other’s activities. He also understood Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s simultaneous presence in seven groups.

Key points from the purport
  • Lord Jagannātha was astonished to see the transcendental dancing and chanting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and He stopped His car just to see the dancing.
  • Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu then danced in such a mystical way that He pleased Lord Jagannātha.
  • By the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the King could understand that also.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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:

At that time, King Pratāparudra took a broom with a golden handle and began to cleanse the road. Lord Jagannātha took permission from the goddess of fortune and then started in the car for the Guṇḍicā temple.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 13
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. rājāraof the King
  2. tucchainsignificant, menial
  3. sevāservice
  4. dekhi’seeing
  5. prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. tuṣṭasatisfied
  7. manamind
  8. seithat
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Dainya & humility · Making room for grace

    The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “humility”

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mercy”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Am I willing to accept a humble task without seeking recognition?

Practice

Sweep or clean a small shared space today as an act of humble service.

Live this todayHumble Service Opens Understanding Through MercyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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