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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 14.234 Madhya 14.236

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.235

রাধা-প্রেমাবেশে প্রভু হৈলা সেই মূর্তি ।

নিত্যানন্দ দূরে দেখি’ করিলেন স্তুতি ॥ ২৩৫ ॥

rādhā-premāveśe prabhu hailā sei mūrti

nityānanda dūre dekhi’ karilena stuti

Translation

While dancing absorbed in Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s ecstatic love, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared in Her very form. Seeing this from a distant place, Nityānanda Prabhu offered prayers.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Absorbed in Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s Ecstatic Love

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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu danced absorbed in Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s ecstatic love.
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While dancing in this absorption, He appeared in Her very form.
3
Nityānanda Prabhu saw this from a distant place and offered prayers.

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

Madhya 14: Performance of the Vṛndāvana Pastimes

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

This place was fixed up for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to rest in. When Lord Jagannātha was seated at Sundarācala, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw it as Vṛndāvana.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

rādhā-prema-āveśein ecstatic love of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
hailābecame
sei mūrtiexactly that same form
nityānandaLord Nityānanda
dūre dekhi’seeing from a distant place
karilena stutioffered prayers

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’s”
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”
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 does Nityānanda Prabhu’s response invite you to reflect prayerfully on this scene?

Practice

After reading the verse today, offer a brief prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Live this todayAbsorbed in Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s Ecstatic LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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