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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.126

রাজা কহে, — মুকুন্দ, তুমি পড়িলা কি লাগি’ ?

মুকুন্দ কহে, রাজা, মোর ব্যাধি আছে মৃগী ॥ ১২৬ ॥

rājā kahe, — mukunda, tumi paḍilā ki lāgi’?

mukunda kahe, rājā, mora vyādhi āche mṛgī

Translation

“The King then inquired, ‘Mukunda, why did you fall down?’

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The King Asks Why Mukunda Fell

  1. 1

    The King asked Mukunda why he had fallen down.

  2. 2

    Mukunda addressed him as “My dear King.”

  3. 3

    Mukunda replied that he had a disease like epilepsy.

How it feels

Festive affection and reconciliation. Festivals, reciprocal hospitality, and the deliverance of Amogha show affectionate grace.

The mood of Madhya 15 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 15: The Lord Accepts Prasādam at the House of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya

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

The devotees all became soldiers of Lord Rāmacandra, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, in the ecstasy of Hanumān, manifested various transcendentally blissful activities. Thereafter, the Lord and His devotees observed various other ceremonies.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 15
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. rājā kahethe King inquired
  2. mukundaO Mukunda
  3. tumi paḍilāyou fell
  4. ki lāgi’for what reason
  5. mukunda kaheMukunda replied
  6. rājāmy dear King
  7. moraof me
  8. vyādhidisease
  9. ācheis
  10. mṛgīepilepsy
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Dainya & humility · Making room for grace

    The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “fallen”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do you ask what happened before assuming you know the cause?

Practice

In one conversation today, ask a respectful clarifying question before drawing a conclusion.

Live this todayThe King Asks Why Mukunda FellThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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