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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 2: The Ecstatic Manifestations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Madhya 2.9Madhya 2.11

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.10

উপবনোদ্যান দেখি’ বৃন্দাবন-জ্ঞান ।

তাহাঁ যাই’ নাচে, গায়, ক্ষণে মূর্চ্ছা যা’ন ॥ ১০ ॥

upavanodyāna dekhi’ vṛndāvana-jñāna

tāhāṅ yāi’ nāce, gāya, kṣaṇe mūrcchā yā’na

Translation

Sometimes Caitanya Mahāprabhu mistook the small parks of the city for Vṛndāvana. Sometimes He would go there, dance and chant and sometimes fall unconscious in spiritual ecstasy.

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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.

Seeing Vṛndāvana in the City Parks

  1. 1

    Sometimes Caitanya Mahāprabhu mistook the small parks of the city for Vṛndāvana.

  2. 2

    He would sometimes go into these parks and dance and chant.

  3. 3

    Sometimes He fell unconscious in spiritual ecstasy.

How it feels

Overwhelming divine separation. A preview of the last years reveals the Lord’s intense separation from Kṛṣṇa.

The mood of Madhya 2 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 2: The Ecstatic Manifestations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

Thus he has also described some of the pastimes of the antya-līlā. Why he has done so is very difficult for an ordinary person to understand.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 2
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. upavana-udyānasmall parks
  2. dekhi’seeing
  3. vṛndāvana-jñānatook them to be the forests of Vṛndāvana
  4. tāhāṅthere
  5. yāi’going
  6. nācedances
  7. gāyasings
  8. kṣaṇein a moment
  9. mūrcchāunconsciousness
  10. yā’nagoes
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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: “vṛndāvana”

  • 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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s chanting and dancing in these parks?

Practice

Set aside a brief moment today to chant, remembering Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s chanting.

Live this todaySeeing Vṛndāvana in the City ParksThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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