1 · Learn4 of 6 · 5 min
Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.215
পুনঃ শারী কহে শুকে করি’ পরিহাস ।
তাহা শুনি’ প্রভুর হৈল বিস্ময়-প্রেমোল্লাস ॥ ২১৫ ॥
punaḥ śārī kahe śuke kari’ parihāsa
tāhā śuni’ prabhura haila vismaya-premollāsa
Then the female parrot began to speak jokingly to the male parrot, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was struck with wonderful ecstatic love to hear her speak.
Read this verse on Vedabase.ioThis verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.
Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The female parrot began speaking jokingly to the male parrot.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard her speak.
Hearing her words, He was struck with wonderful ecstatic love.
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
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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
Learn the words of the 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”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s response help you notice about His hearing?
Read this translation slowly, pausing to reflect on the Lord’s wonderful ecstatic love.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
Ask Caitanya CaritamrtaHave a question about CC Madhya 17.215? Get an answer from the verses themselves.