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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 2: The Ecstatic Manifestations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Madhya 2.26 Madhya 2.28

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.27

এতেক বিলাপ করি’, বিষাদে শ্রীগৌরহরি,

উঘাড়িয়া দুঃখের কপাট ।

ভাবের তরঙ্গ-বলে, নানারূপে মন চলে,

আর এক শ্লোক কৈল পাঠ ॥ ২৭ ॥

eteka vilāpa kari’, viṣāde śrī-gaurahari,

ughāḍiyā duḥkhera kapāṭa

bhāvera taraṅga-bale, nānā-rūpe mana cale,

āra eka śloka kaila pāṭha

Translation

In this way, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lamented in a great ocean of sadness, and thus He opened the doors of His unhappiness. Forced by the waves of ecstasy, His mind wandered over transcendental mellows, and He recited another verse [as follows].

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Lamentation Reveals Transcendental Ecstasy

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Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lamented in a great ocean of sadness.
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Through His lamentation, He opened the doors of His unhappiness.
3
Waves of ecstasy carried His mind over transcendental mellows, and He recited another verse.

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

Madhya 2: The Ecstatic Manifestations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

The author expects that reading the pastimes of the Lord will gradually help a person awaken his dormant love of Kṛṣṇa. Actually this Caitanya-caritāmṛta was compiled by the author during very old age.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

etekain this way
vilāpalamentation
kari’doing
viṣādein moroseness
śrī-gaurahariLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
ughāḍiyāopening
duḥkheraof unhappiness
kapāṭadoors

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lamented”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mellows”

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

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the mention of ecstasy shape your understanding of His sadness?

Practice

Reread the verse and notice how sadness and ecstasy appear together.

Live this todayLamentation Reveals Transcendental EcstasyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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