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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 13.81

এত পড়ি’ পুনরপি করিল প্ৰণাম ।

যোড়হাতে ভক্তগণ বন্দে ভগবান্ ॥ ৮১ ॥

eta paḍi’ punarapi karila praṇāma

yoḍa-hāte bhakta-gaṇa vande bhagavān

Translation

Having recited all these verses from scripture, the Lord again offered His obeisances, and all the devotees, with folded hands, also offered prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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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.

Offer Prayers With Reverence

  1. 1

    After reciting verses from scripture, the Lord again offered His obeisances.

  2. 2

    All the devotees joined in offering prayers with folded hands.

  3. 3

    Their prayers were offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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. eta paḍi’reciting these
  2. punarapiagain
  3. karilathe Lord offered
  4. praṇāmaobeisances
  5. yoḍa-hātewith folded hands
  6. bhakta-gaṇaall the devotees
  7. vandeoffer prayer
  8. bhagavānunto the Supreme Personality of Godhead
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “offered”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can folded hands help you offer prayers with attention and reverence?

Practice

Fold your hands and offer a short prayer to the Supreme Personality of Godhead today.

Live this todayOffer Prayers With ReverenceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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