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  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 17.202Madhya 17.204

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.203

তা-সবার প্রীতি দেখি’ প্রভু ভাবাবেশে ।

সবা-সনে ক্রীড়া করে হঞা তার বশে ॥ ২০৩ ॥

tā-sabāra prīti dekhi’ prabhu bhāvāveśe

sabā-sane krīḍā kare hañā tāra vaśe

Translation

Seeing their affection, the Lord was moved by ecstatic love. He began to sport with them exactly as a friend sports with his friends. Thus He voluntarily came under the control of His friends.

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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.

The Lord Freely Responds to Affection

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    Seeing their affection, the Lord was moved by ecstatic love.

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    He began to sport with them just as a friend sports with his friends.

  3. 3

    The Lord voluntarily came under the control of His friends.

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:

Thereafter the Lord visited the twelve forests of Vṛndāvana and was filled with great ecstatic love. As He toured the Vṛndāvana forests, He heard the chirping of parrots and other birds.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tā-sabāraof all of them
  2. prītiaffection
  3. dekhi’seeing
  4. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  5. bhāva-āveśein ecstatic love
  6. sabā-sanewith all of them
  7. krīḍāsporting
  8. kareperforms
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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 touches you about the Lord voluntarily coming under His friends’ control?

Practice

Read the translation slowly today, pausing to reflect on the Lord’s loving response to His friends.

Live this todayThe Lord Freely Responds to AffectionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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