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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 18.93Madhya 18.95

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.94

লোকে কহে, — কৃষ্ণ প্ৰকট কালীয়দহের জলে !

কালীয়-শিরে নৃত্য করে, ফণা-রত্ন জ্বলে ॥ ৯৪ ॥

loke kahe, — kṛṣṇa prakaṭa kālīya-dahera jale!

kālīya-śire nṛtya kare, phaṇā-ratna jvale

Translation

The people replied, “Kṛṣṇa has again manifested Himself on the waters of Kālīya Lake. He dances on the hoods of the serpent Kālīya, and the jewels on those hoods are blazing.

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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.

The People Describe Kṛṣṇa on Kālīya Lake

  1. 1

    The people replied that Kṛṣṇa had again manifested Himself on the waters of Kālīya Lake.

  2. 2

    They described Him dancing on the hoods of the serpent Kālīya.

  3. 3

    They said that the jewels on those hoods were blazing.

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:

At Kālīya Lake, many people mistook a fisherman for Kṛṣṇa. When some respectable people came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, they expressed their opinion that when one takes sannyāsa, he becomes Nārāyaṇa.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. loke kaheall the people replied
  2. kṛṣṇa prakaṭaKṛṣṇa is again manifest
  3. kālīya-dahera jalein the water of Lake Kālīya
  4. kālīya-śireon the head of the serpent Kālīya
  5. nṛtya karedances
  6. phaṇā-ratna jvalethe jewels on the hoods blaze
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which detail of the people’s description most holds your attention?

Practice

Write one sentence summarizing what the people reported, keeping it clearly identified as their report.

Live this todayThe People Describe Kṛṣṇa on Kālīya LakeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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