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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 14: Performance of the Vṛndāvana Pastimes
Madhya 14.176Madhya 14.178

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.177

নানা-স্বাদু অষ্টভাব একত্র মিলন ।

যাহার আস্বাদে তৃপ্ত হয় কৃষ্ণ-মন ॥ ১৭৭ ॥

nānā-svādu aṣṭa-bhāva ekatra milana

yāhāra āsvāde tṛpta haya kṛṣṇa-mana

Translation

“There are eight symptoms of ecstatic love on the platform of transcendental jubilation, and when they are combined and tasted by Kṛṣṇa, the Lord’s mind is completely satisfied.

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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.

Combined Ecstatic Love Completely Satisfies Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    There are eight symptoms of ecstatic love on the platform of transcendental jubilation.

  2. 2

    These symptoms are combined and tasted by Kṛṣṇa.

  3. 3

    When Kṛṣṇa tastes them, the Lord’s mind is completely satisfied.

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. nānāvarious
  2. svādupalatable
  3. aṣṭa-bhāvaeight kinds of ecstatic symptoms
  4. ekatraat one place
  5. milanameeting
  6. yāhāraof which
  7. āsvādeby the tasting
  8. tṛptasatisfied
  9. hayais
  10. kṛṣṇa-manathe mind of Kṛṣṇa
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “ecstatic love”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about Kṛṣṇa’s complete satisfaction in tasting these combined symptoms?

Practice

Pause for a moment over the words “the Lord’s mind is completely satisfied,” then reread the translation.

Live this todayCombined Ecstatic Love Completely Satisfies KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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