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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 2.49 Madhya 2.51

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.50

এই মত দিনে দিনে, স্বরূপ-রামানন্দ-সনে,

নিজ-ভাব করেন বিদিত ।

বাহ্যে বিষজ্বালা হয়, ভিতরে আনন্দময়,

কৃষ্ণপ্রেমার অদ্ভুত চরিত ॥ ৫০ ॥

ei mata dine dine, svarūpa-rāmānanda-sane,

nija-bhāva karena vidita

bāhye viṣa-jvālā haya, bhitare ānanda-maya,

kṛṣṇa-premāra adbhuta carita

Translation

In this way, Lord Caitanya used to revel in ecstasy day after day and exhibit these ecstasies before Svarūpa and Rāmānanda Rāya. Externally there appeared severe tribulation, as if He were suffering from poisonous effects, but internally He was experiencing bliss. This is characteristic of transcendental love of Kṛṣṇa.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Outward Tribulation, Inward Bliss

1
Lord Caitanya reveled in ecstasy day after day before Svarūpa and Rāmānanda Rāya.
2
Externally, He appeared to suffer severe tribulation, as though affected by poison.
3
Internally, He was experiencing bliss. This contrast is characteristic of transcendental love of Kṛṣṇa.

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.

ei matain this way
dine dineday after day
svarūpaSvarūpa Dāmodara
rāmānandaRāmānanda Rāya
sanewith
nijaown
bhāvaecstasy
karenamakes

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 of krsna”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this description challenge judging Lord Caitanya’s experience by outward appearances?

Practice

Read the translation slowly, noting the distinction between His outward tribulation and inward bliss.

Live this todayOutward Tribulation, Inward BlissThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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