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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 18.87Madhya 18.89

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.88

প্রভু তাঁরে কৃপা কৈলা আলিঙ্গন করি ।

প্রেমে মত্ত কৈল সেই নাচে, বলে ‘হরি’ ॥ ৮৮ ॥

prabhu tāṅre kṛpā kailā āliṅgana kari

preme matta haila sei nāce, bale ‘hari’

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then bestowed upon Kṛṣṇadāsa His causeless mercy by embracing him. Kṛṣṇadāsa became mad with ecstatic love and began to dance and to chant the holy name of Hari.

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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.

Causeless Mercy Awakens Ecstatic Love

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bestowed His causeless mercy upon Kṛṣṇadāsa by embracing him.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇadāsa became mad with ecstatic love.

  3. 3

    He began to dance and chant the holy name of Hari.

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. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  2. tāṅreunto him
  3. kṛpā kailābestowed His mercy
  4. āliṅgana kariembracing
  5. premein ecstatic love
  6. matta hailabecame mad
  7. seithat Kṛṣṇadāsa
  8. nācedances
  9. balechants
  10. harithe holy name of the Lord
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “chant”, “holy name”, “hari”

  • 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”

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mercy”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How did Kṛṣṇadāsa respond to the Lord’s causeless mercy?

Practice

Spend a few minutes today chanting the holy name of Hari.

Live this todayCauseless Mercy Awakens Ecstatic LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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