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  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 14.246Madhya 14.248

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.247

পাণ্ডু-বিজয়ের তুলি ফাটি-ফুটি যায় ।

জগন্নাথের ভরে তুলা উড়িয়া পলায় ॥ ২৪৭ ॥

pāṇḍu-vijayera tuli phāṭi-phuṭi yāya

jagannāthera bhare tulā uḍiyā palāya

Translation

When the Jagannātha Deity is carried, at intervals He is placed on cotton pads. When the ropes broke, the cotton pads also broke due to the weight of Lord Jagannātha, and the cotton floated into the air.

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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.

Cotton Pads Break beneath Lord Jagannātha’s Weight

  1. 1

    When the Jagannātha Deity is carried, He is placed on cotton pads at intervals.

  2. 2

    When the ropes broke, the cotton pads also broke due to the weight of Lord Jagannātha.

  3. 3

    The cotton then floated into the air.

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:

During that time, there was much talk about the pastimes of the gopīs. When the ratha was again being drawn and the chanting resumed, two devotees from Kulīna-grāma — Rāmānanda Vasu and Satyarāja Khān — were requested to bring silk ropes every year for the Ratha-yātrā ceremony.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. pāṇḍu-vijayeraof the ceremony of Pāṇḍu-vijaya
  2. tulibatches of cotton
  3. phāṭi-phuṭi yāyabecome broken
  4. jagannāthera bhareby the weight of Lord Jagannātha
  5. tulāthe cotton
  6. uḍiyā palāyafloats into the air
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you notice about the practical details of carrying the Jagannātha Deity?

Practice

Reread the verse and recall the sequence: the ropes broke, the pads broke, and the cotton floated into the air.

Live this todayCotton Pads Break beneath Lord Jagannātha’s WeightThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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