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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 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī

Madhya 19.39 Madhya 19.41

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.40

গঙ্গা-যমুনা প্রয়াগ নারিল ডুবাইতে ।

প্রভু ডুবাইল কৃষ্ণপ্রেমের বন্যাতে ॥ ৪০ ॥

gaṅgā-yamunā prayāga nārila ḍubāite

prabhu ḍubāila kṛṣṇa-premera vanyāte

Translation

Prayāga is located at the confluence of two rivers — the Ganges and the Yamunā. Although these rivers were not able to flood Prayāga with water, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu inundated the whole area with waves of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Waves of Ecstatic Love for Kṛṣṇa

1
Prayāga is located where the Ganges and the Yamunā meet.
2
These rivers were not able to flood Prayāga with water.
3
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu inundated the whole area with waves of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.

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

Madhya 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī

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

They appointed some brāhmaṇas to perform puraścaraṇa ceremonies and chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī deposited ten thousand gold coins with a grocer, and the balance he brought in two boats to a place called Bāklā Candradvīpa.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

gaṅgā-yamunāthe river Ganges and river Yamunā
prayāgaPrayāga
nārilawere not able
ḍubāiteto flood
prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
ḍubāilaflooded
kṛṣṇa-premeraof ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa
vanyātein an inundation

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: “love for krsna”, “ecstatic love”
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: “yamunā”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the image of a flood help me appreciate about the love Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu spread?

Practice

Read the verse aloud once, then reflect for a minute on its image of waves of love for Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayWaves of Ecstatic Love for KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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