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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 17: The Lord Travels to Vṛndāvana

Madhya 17.100 Madhya 17.102

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.101

মহারাষ্ট্রীয় বিপ্র আইসে প্রভু দেখিবারে ।

প্রভুর রূপ-প্রেম দেখি’ হয় চমৎকারে ॥ ১০১ ॥

mahārāṣṭrīya vipra āise prabhu dekhibāre

prabhura rūpa-prema dekhi’ haya camatkāre

Translation

At Vārāṇasī there was a Maharashtriyan brāhmaṇa who used to come daily to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. This brāhmaṇa was simply astonished to see the Lord’s personal beauty and ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Beauty and Love for Kṛṣṇa Inspire Astonishment

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A Maharashtriyan brāhmaṇa at Vārāṇasī came daily to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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The Lord’s personal beauty astonished the brāhmaṇa.
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He was also astonished by the Lord’s ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.

How it feels

Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.

The mood of Madhya 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Madhya 17: The Lord Travels to Vṛndāvana

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

The Maharashtriyan brāhmaṇa was very sorry about this, and he brought the news to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, inquiring from Him why the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs did not utter the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. In reply, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that they were offenders and that one should not associate with them.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

mahārāṣṭrīyabelonging to the Maharashtra state
vipraone brāhmaṇa
āisecomes
prabhu dekhibāreto see Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
rūpa-premabeauty and ecstatic love
dekhi’seeing
haya camatkārebecomes astonished

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: “love for krsna”, “ecstatic love”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What draws your attention to the Lord’s ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Spend one quiet minute reflecting on the two qualities that astonished the brāhmaṇa.

Live this todayBeauty and Love for Kṛṣṇa Inspire AstonishmentThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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