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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 18.5 Madhya 18.7

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.6

দেখি’ সব গ্রাম্য-লোকের বিস্ময় হৈল মন ।

প্রেমে প্রভু করে রাধাকুণ্ডের স্তবন ॥ ৬ ॥

dekhi’ saba grāmya-lokera vismaya haila mana

preme prabhu kare rādhā-kuṇḍera stavana

Translation

When the people of the village saw Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu taking His bath in those two ponds in the middle of the paddy fields, they were very much astonished. The Lord then offered His prayers to Śrī Rādhā-kuṇḍa.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord Offers Prayers to Rādhā-kuṇḍa

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The villagers saw Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bathing in the two ponds among the paddy fields.
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They were very much astonished by what they saw.
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The Lord then offered His prayers to Śrī Rādhā-kuṇḍa.

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

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

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

In the village of Āriṭ-grāma, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu discovered the transcendental lakes known as Rādhā-kuṇḍa and Śyāma-kuṇḍa. He then saw the Deity Harideva at Govardhana Village.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

dekhi’seeing
saba grāmya-lokeraof all the people of the village
vismaya hailabecame astonished
manathe minds
premein ecstatic love
prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
karedoes
rādhā-kuṇḍeraof Rādhā-kuṇḍa
stavanaprayers

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhā-kuṇḍa”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What draws your attention to the Lord’s act of offering prayers to Śrī Rādhā-kuṇḍa?

Practice

Reread the translation today, giving special attention to the Lord’s offering of prayers.

Live this todayThe Lord Offers Prayers to Rādhā-kuṇḍaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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