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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 14.166

কৃষ্ণের দর্শন যদি পায় আচম্বিতে ।

নানা-ভাব-বিভূষণে হয় বিভূষিতে ॥ ১৬৬ ॥

kṛṣṇera darśana yadi pāya ācambite

nānā-bhāva-vibhūṣaṇe haya vibhūṣite

Translation

“As soon as Rādhārāṇī gets a chance to see Kṛṣṇa, Her body is suddenly decorated with various ecstatic ornaments.

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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.

Seeing Kṛṣṇa Awakens Ecstatic Ornaments

  1. 1

    Rādhārāṇī gets a chance to see Kṛṣṇa.

  2. 2

    As soon as this opportunity comes, Her body is suddenly decorated.

  3. 3

    These decorations are various ecstatic ornaments.

How it feels

Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.

The mood of Madhya 14 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 14: Performance of the Vṛndāvana Pastimes

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The Lord, in His ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, immediately embraced the King and thus bestowed mercy upon him. When there was an offering of prasādam in the garden, Lord Caitanya also partook of it.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kṛṣṇeraof Lord Kṛṣṇa
  2. darśanainterview
  3. yadiif
  4. pāyagets
  5. ācambiteall of a sudden
  6. nānāvarious
  7. bhāvaecstatic
  8. vibhūṣaṇewith ornaments
  9. hayais
  10. vibhūṣitedecorated
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose

    The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “rādhārāṇī”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the sudden appearance of ecstatic ornaments help you appreciate about Rādhārāṇī’s response to seeing Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Read the translation and identify what brings about the sudden ecstatic decoration.

Live this todaySeeing Kṛṣṇa Awakens Ecstatic OrnamentsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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