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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 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī
Madhya 19.229Madhya 19.231

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.230

ইতীদৃক্‌স্বলীলাভিরানন্দকুণ্ডে

স্বঘোষং নিমজ্জন্তমাখ্যাপয়ন্তম্ ।

তদীয়েশিতজ্ঞেষু ভক্তৈর্জিতত্বং

পুনঃ প্রেমতস্তং শতাবৃত্তি বন্দে ॥ ২৩০ ॥

itīdṛk-sva-līlābhir ānanda-kuṇḍe

sva-ghoṣaṁ nimajjantam ākhyāpayantam

tadīyeśita-jñeṣu bhaktair jitatvaṁ

punaḥ prematas taṁ śatāvṛtti vande

Translation

“ ‘Again let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. O my Lord, I offer my obeisances hundreds and thousands of times with all affection because by Your personal pastimes You plunge the gopīs into an ocean of nectar. Appreciating Your opulence, devotees generally declare that You are always subjugated by their feelings.’

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord Yields to Devotees’ Affection

  1. 1

    This prayer from the Dāmodarāṣṭaka, in the Padma Purāṇa, offers respectful obeisances to the Supreme Personality of Godhead with deep affection.

  2. 2

    Through His personal pastimes, the Lord plunges the gopīs into an ocean of nectar.

  3. 3

    Devotees appreciate His opulence yet declare that He is always subjugated by their feelings.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse is from the Dāmodarāṣṭaka, in the Padma Purāṇa.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.

The mood of Madhya 19 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī

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

During the ten days at Prayāga, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was instructed by the Lord, who gave him the basic principles of the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu. The Lord then sent Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī to Vṛndāvana.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. itithus
  2. īdṛk-sva-līlābhiḥby this Dāmodara in His transcendental pastimes
  3. ānanda-kuṇḍein the ocean of transcendental bliss
  4. sva-ghoṣamHis personal associates
  5. nimajjantamplunging
  6. ākhyāpayantamdeclaring
  7. tadīyaof the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  8. īśita-jñeṣuamong learned scholars expert in the knowledge of the opulences
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “gopīs”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might affection deepen the way you offer respect to the Lord?

Practice

Offer one respectful obeisance to the Lord today, taking a moment to express your affection.

Live this todayThe Lord Yields to Devotees’ AffectionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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