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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.75

এই দশ জন প্ৰভুর সঙ্গে গায়, ধায় ।

আর সব সম্প্রদায় চারি দিকে গায় ॥ ৭৫ ॥

ei daśa jana prabhura saṅge gāya, dhāya

āra saba sampradāya cāri dike gāya

Translation

These devotees [Svarūpa Dāmodara and the devotees in his charge] sang along with the Lord, and they also ran beside Him. All the other groups of men also sang.

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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.

Devotees Sing and Move Beside the Lord

  1. 1

    Svarūpa Dāmodara and the devotees in his charge sang along with the Lord.

  2. 2

    These devotees also ran beside Him.

  3. 3

    All the other groups of men also sang.

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. ei daśa janathese ten persons
  2. prabhuraŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. saṅgewith
  4. gāyachant
  5. dhāyarun
  6. āraothers
  7. sabaall
  8. sampradāyagroups of men
  9. cāri dikeall around
  10. gāyachant
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I participate more attentively when devotees sing together?

Practice

Join another devotee in singing to the Lord today.

Live this todayDevotees Sing and Move Beside the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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