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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 13.78

জয়তি জয়তি দেবো দেবকীনন্দনোঽসৌ

জয়তি জয়তি কৃষ্ণো বৃষ্ণিবংশপ্রদীপঃ ।

জয়তি জয়তি মেঘশ্যামলঃ কোমলাঙ্গো

জয়তি জয়তি পৃথ্বীভারনাশো মুকুন্দঃ ॥ ৭৮ ॥

jayati jayati devo devakī-nandano ’sau

jayati jayati kṛṣṇo vṛṣṇi-vaṁśa-pradīpaḥ

jayati jayati megha-śyāmalaḥ komalāṅgo

jayati jayati pṛthvī-bhāra-nāśo mukundaḥ

Translation

“ ‘All glories unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is known as the son of Devakī! All glories to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is known as the light of the dynasty of Vṛṣṇi! All glories to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose bodily luster is like that of a new cloud, and whose body is as soft as a lotus flower! All glories to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who appeared on this planet to deliver the world from the burden of demons, and who can offer liberation to everyone!’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Glorifying the Lord’s Beauty and Deliverance

  1. 1

    This prayer from the Mukunda-mālā glorifies the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the son of Devakī and the light of the dynasty of Vṛṣṇi.

  2. 2

    His bodily luster is like a new cloud, and His body is as soft as a lotus flower.

  3. 3

    He appeared on this planet to deliver the world from the burden of demons. He can offer liberation to everyone.

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:

The road to the temple led along a broad, sandy beach, and on both sides of the road were residential quarters, houses and gardens. Along that road the servants called gauḍas began to pull the cars.
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. jayatiall glories
  2. jayatiall glories
  3. devaḥto the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  4. devakī-nandanaḥthe son of Devakī
  5. asauHe
  6. jayati jayatiall glories
  7. kṛṣṇaḥto Lord Kṛṣṇa
  8. vṛṣṇi-vaṁśa-pradīpaḥthe light of the dynasty of Vṛṣṇi
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Audārya · Love that moves outward

    The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “to everyone”

  • 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: “deliver”

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

Which quality praised in this prayer draws my attention most?

Practice

Choose one line of this prayer and repeat it slowly in praise of the Lord.

Live this todayGlorifying the Lord’s Beauty and DeliveranceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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