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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 13.64Madhya 13.66

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.65

লীলাবেশে প্ৰভুর নাহি নিজানুসন্ধান ।

ইচ্ছা জানি ‘লীলা শক্তি’ করে সমাধান ॥ ৬৫ ॥

līlāveśe prabhura nāhi nijānusandhāna

icchā jāni ‘līlā śakti’ kare samādhāna

Translation

Indeed, the Personality of Godhead forgot Himself in the course of His transcendental pastimes, but His internal potency [līlā-śakti], knowing the intentions of the Lord, made all arrangements.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord’s Internal Potency Arranges His Pastimes

  1. 1

    The Personality of Godhead forgot Himself in the course of His transcendental pastimes.

  2. 2

    His internal potency, līlā-śakti, knew the Lord’s intentions.

  3. 3

    Knowing His intentions, līlā-śakti made all arrangements.

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. līlā-āveśein the ecstasy of transcendental pastimes
  2. prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. nāhithere was not
  4. nija-anusandhānaunderstanding about His personal self
  5. icchā jāniknowing His desire
  6. līlā śaktithe potency known as līlā-śakti
  7. karedoes
  8. samādhānaall arrangements
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about līlā-śakti knowing and serving the Lord’s intentions?

Practice

Read the translation slowly, pausing to reflect on how līlā-śakti made all arrangements.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

Quoted in 17 lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Quoted in 17 lectures

In each of these he quotes this verse while speaking on another verse or subject. "Find the quote" opens the transcript at that spot.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Internal Potency Arranges His PastimesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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