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  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 15: The Lord Accepts Prasādam at the House of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.279

কম্প, অশ্রু, পুলক, স্তম্ভ, স্বেদ, স্বরভঙ্গ ।

প্রভু হাসে দেখি’ তার প্রেমের তরঙ্গ ॥ ২৭৯ ॥

kampa, aśru, pulaka, stambha, sveda, svara-bhaṅga

prabhu hāse dekhi’ tāra premera taraṅga

Translation

While Amogha danced in ecstatic love, he manifested all the ecstatic symptoms — trembling, tears, jubilation, trance, perspiration and a faltering voice. Seeing these waves of ecstatic emotion, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu began to laugh.

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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.

Ecstatic Love Becomes Visible

  1. 1

    Amogha danced in ecstatic love.

  2. 2

    He manifested trembling, tears, jubilation, trance, perspiration and a faltering voice.

  3. 3

    Seeing these waves of ecstatic emotion, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu began to laugh.

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:

Thereafter, when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was accepting prasādam at the house of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, Sārvabhauma’s son-in-law, Amogha, created trouble in the family with his criticisms. The following morning, he was attacked by the disease of visūcikā (cholera).
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kampatrembling
  2. aśrutears
  3. pulakajubilation
  4. stambhabeing stunned
  5. svedaperspiration
  6. svara-bhaṅgafaltering of the voice
  7. prabhu hāseŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu began to laugh
  8. dekhi’seeing
  9. tāraAmogha’s
  10. premera taraṅgawaves of ecstatic love
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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 does this description help you notice about the depth of Amogha’s ecstatic love?

Practice

Pause over the description of Amogha’s ecstatic love and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s response.

Live this todayEcstatic Love Becomes VisibleThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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