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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 17: The Lord Travels to Vṛndāvana
Madhya 17.153Madhya 17.155

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.154

পথে যাহাঁ যাহাঁ হয় যমুনা-দর্শন ।

তাহাঁ ঝাঁপ দিয়া পড়ে প্রেমে অচেতন ॥ ১৫৪ ॥

pathe yāhāṅ yāhāṅ haya yamunā-darśana

tāhāṅ jhāṅpa diyā paḍe preme acetana

Translation

While the Lord was going to Mathurā, He came across the river Yamunā several times, and as soon as He saw the river Yamunā, He would immediately jump in, falling unconscious in the water in the ecstasy of love of Kṛṣṇa.

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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.

Seeing Yamunā Awakened Ecstatic Love

  1. 1

    On His journey to Mathurā, the Lord came across the river Yamunā several times.

  2. 2

    Whenever He saw the Yamunā, He immediately jumped into it.

  3. 3

    He fell unconscious in the water in the ecstasy of love of 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

Further reading

Madhya 17: The Lord Travels to Vṛndāvana

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

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu next passed through Prayāga and Mathurā and then took His lunch at the home of a Sānoḍiyā brāhmaṇa, a disciple of Mādhavendra Purī. He bestowed His blessings upon the brāhmaṇa by accepting lunch at his place.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. patheon the road
  2. yāhāṅ yāhāṅwherever
  3. hayathere is
  4. yamunā-darśanameeting with the Yamunā River
  5. tāhāṅthere
  6. jhāṅpa diyā paḍejumps over and falls down
  7. preme acetanaunconscious in the ecstasy of love
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “yamunā”

  • 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 of krsna”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the Lord’s response to seeing the Yamunā reveal about the depth of His love of Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Reread the verse and spend a quiet moment reflecting on the Lord’s ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todaySeeing Yamunā Awakened Ecstatic LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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