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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 18.140Madhya 18.142

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.141

লোকের সংঘট্ট, আর নিমন্ত্রণের জঞ্জাল ।

নিরন্তর আবেশ প্রভুর না দেখিয়ে ভাল ॥ ১৪১ ॥

lokera saṅghaṭṭa, āra nimantraṇera jañjāla

nirantara āveśa prabhura nā dekhiye bhāla

Translation

“Now there is a crowd of people here, and these invitations are causing much disturbance. In addition, the Lord is always ecstatic and emotional. I do not find the situation here very good.

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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.

Recognizing Disturbance in the Surroundings

  1. 1

    There was a crowd of people, and the invitations were causing much disturbance.

  2. 2

    The Lord was always ecstatic and emotional.

  3. 3

    The speaker did not find the situation very good.

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:

While stopping near a village on the way to Prayāga, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fainted in ecstatic love. Some Pāṭhāna soldiers who were passing through saw Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and falsely concluded that the Lord’s associates, Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya and others, had killed the Lord with a poison named dhuturā and were taking His wealth.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. lokera saṅghaṭṭacrowds of people
  2. āraand
  3. nimantraṇera jañjālathe disturbance of invitations
  4. nirantaraalways
  5. āveśaecstatic love
  6. prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  7. nā dekhiye bhālaI do not see any good in this
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I notice when crowds or invitations become a disturbance?

Practice

Review today's invitations and commitments, and identify one that may be causing unnecessary disturbance.

Live this todayRecognizing Disturbance in the SurroundingsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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