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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 16: The Lord’s Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana
Madhya 16.13Madhya 16.16-17

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Madhya 16.14-15

যদ্যপি প্ৰভুর আজ্ঞা গৌড়েতে রহিতে ।

নিত্যানন্দ-প্রভুকে প্রেমভক্তি প্রকাশিতে ॥ ১৪ ॥

yadyapi prabhura ājñā gauḍete rahite

nityānanda-prabhuke prema-bhakti prakāśite

Translation

Although the Lord told Nityānanda Prabhu to stay in Bengal and spread ecstatic love of God, Nityānanda left to go see Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Who can understand Nityānanda Prabhu’s ecstatic love?

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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.

Nityānanda Prabhu’s Unfathomable Ecstatic Love

  1. 1

    The Lord told Nityānanda Prabhu to stay in Bengal and spread ecstatic love of God.

  2. 2

    Nityānanda nevertheless left to see Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  3. 3

    The translation asks who can understand Nityānanda Prabhu’s ecstatic love.

How it feels

Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.

The mood of Madhya 16 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 16: The Lord’s Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana

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

Caitanya Mahāprabhu forbade Nityānanda to visit Nīlācala every year. Questioned by the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma, Caitanya Mahāprabhu again repeated the symptoms of a Vaiṣṇava.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. yadyapialthough
  2. prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. ājñāthe order
  4. gauḍete rahiteto stay in Bengal
  5. nityānanda-prabhukeunto Nityānanda Prabhu
  6. prema-bhaktiecstatic love of Godhead
  7. prakāśiteto preach
  8. tathāpistill
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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

How can I approach Nityānanda Prabhu’s ecstatic love without assuming I fully understand it?

Practice

Read the closing question slowly and pause to acknowledge the limits of your understanding.

Live this todayNityānanda Prabhu’s Unfathomable Ecstatic LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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