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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 18: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Visit to Śrī Vṛndāvana
Madhya 18.119Madhya 18.121-122

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.120

অলৌকিক ‘প্রকৃতি’ তোমার — বুদ্ধি-অগোচর ।

তোমা দেখি’ কৃষ্ণপ্রেমে জগৎ পাগল ॥ ১২০ ॥

alaukika ‘prakṛti’ tomāra — buddhi-agocara

tomā dekhi’ kṛṣṇa-preme jagat pāgala

Translation

“Indeed, Your characteristics are uncommon and beyond the imagination of an ordinary living being. Simply by seeing You, the entire universe becomes mad with ecstatic love for 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.

His Presence Awakens Ecstatic Love for Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    The people described His characteristics as uncommon.

  2. 2

    These characteristics are beyond the imagination of an ordinary living being.

  3. 3

    Simply by seeing Him, the entire universe becomes mad with ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.

How it feels

Overwhelmed recognition. Seeing the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes evokes extraordinary remembrance and ecstasy.

The mood of Madhya 18 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 18: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Visit to Śrī Vṛndāvana

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

In this way, their Kṛṣṇa consciousness was awakened, and they could understand that a sannyāsī is simply a living entity and not the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took His bath at Akrūra-ghāṭa, He submerged Himself in the water for a long time.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. alaukikauncommon
  2. prakṛticharacteristics
  3. tomāraYour
  4. buddhi-agocarabeyond our imagination
  5. tomā dekhi’by seeing You
  6. kṛṣṇa-premein ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa
  7. jagatthe whole world
  8. pāgalamad
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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: “love for krsna”, “ecstatic love”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the effect of seeing Him reveal about His extraordinary characteristics?

Practice

Read the final sentence slowly and spend a moment reflecting on ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayHis Presence Awakens Ecstatic Love for KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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