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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 18.71 Madhya 18.73

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.72

‘দ্বাদশ-আদিত্য’ হৈতে ‘কেশীতীর্থে’ আইলা ।

রাস-স্থলী দেখি’ প্রেমে মূর্চ্ছিত হইলা ॥ ৭২ ॥

‘dvādaśa-āditya’ haite ‘keśī-tīrthe’ āilā

rāsa-sthalī dekhi’ preme mūrcchita ha-ilā

Translation

After seeing the holy place called Praskandana, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to Dvādaśāditya. From there He went to Keśī-tīrtha, and when He saw the place where the rāsa dance had taken place, He immediately lost consciousness due to ecstatic love.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Ecstatic Love at the Rāsa Dance Place

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After seeing the holy place called Praskandana, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to Dvādaśāditya.
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From Dvādaśāditya, He went to Keśī-tīrtha.
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When He saw the place where the rāsa dance had taken place, He immediately lost consciousness due to ecstatic love.

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:

Seeing a great crowd in Mathurā, He moved His residence near Akrūra-ghāṭa, and from there He went every day to Vṛndāvana to see Kālīya-hrada, Dvādaśāditya-ghāṭa, Keśī-ghāṭa, Rāsa-sthalī, Cīra-ghāṭa and Āmli-talā. At Kālīya Lake, many people mistook a fisherman for Kṛṣṇa.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

dvādaśa-āditya haitefrom Dvādaśāditya
keśī-tīrthe āilācame to Keśī-tīrtha
rāsa-sthalī dekhi’visiting the place of the rāsa dance
premein ecstatic love
mūrcchita ha-ilābecame unconscious

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”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rāsa”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does His response help you appreciate the depth of His ecstatic love?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute reflecting on His ecstatic love upon seeing the place of the rāsa dance.

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