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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 14.59 Madhya 14.61

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.60

দেখিয়া প্রতাপরুদ্র পাত্র-মিত্র-সঙ্গে ।

প্রভুর মহিমা দেখি’ প্রেমে ফুলে অঙ্গে ॥ ৬০ ॥

dekhiyā pratāparudra pātra-mitra-saṅge

prabhura mahimā dekhi’ preme phule aṅge

Translation

Seeing the greatness of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Pratāparudra Mahārāja and his ministers and friends were so moved by ecstatic love that the hair on their bodies stood on end.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

His Greatness Awakens Ecstatic Love

1
Pratāparudra Mahārāja, his ministers and his friends saw the greatness of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Seeing His greatness moved them deeply with ecstatic love.
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Their love was so intense that the hair on their bodies stood on end.

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:

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.

dekhiyāseeing
pratāparudraKing Pratāparudra
pātra-mitra-saṅgewith his ministers and friends
prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
mahimāthe greatness
dekhi’by seeing
premein love
phuleeruptions
aṅgeon the body

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 touches you about the love these witnesses felt on seeing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?

Practice

Spend one quiet minute reflecting on their loving response to His greatness.

Live this todayHis Greatness Awakens Ecstatic LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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