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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 14.78Madhya 14.80

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.79

অদ্বৈত-নিত্যানন্দে জল-ফেলাফেলি ।

আচার্য হারিয়া পাছে করে গালাগালি ॥ ৭৯ ॥

advaita-nityānande jala-phelāpheli

ācārya hāriyā pāche kare gālāgāli

Translation

The first sporting took place between Advaita Ācārya and Nityānanda Prabhu, who threw water upon each other. Advaita Ācārya was defeated, and He later began to rebuke Nityānanda Prabhu, calling Him ill names.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Advaita Ācārya and Nityānanda Prabhu’s Water Contest

  1. 1

    The first sporting took place between Advaita Ācārya and Nityānanda Prabhu.

  2. 2

    They threw water upon each other, and Advaita Ācārya was defeated.

  3. 3

    Afterward, Advaita Ācārya began to rebuke Nityānanda Prabhu, calling Him ill names.

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:

He performed sporting pastimes in the water of the lake known as Indradyumna. For nine continuous days during Ratha-yātrā, the Lord remained at Sundarācala, and on the fifth day He and Svarūpa Dāmodara observed the pastimes of Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. advaita-nityānandeboth Advaita Ācārya and Nityānanda Prabhu
  2. jala-phelāphelithrowing water on each other
  3. ācārya hāriyāAdvaita Ācārya, after being defeated
  4. pācheat the end
  5. karedoes
  6. gālāgāliaccusing
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you notice about the sequence of the contest and Advaita Ācārya’s response?

Practice

Reread the verse and identify the three events: throwing water, defeat, and rebuke.

Live this todayAdvaita Ācārya and Nityānanda Prabhu’s Water ContestThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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