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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 2.62Madhya 2.64

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.63

নানা-ভাবের প্রাবল্য,     হৈল্য সন্ধি-শাবল্য,

ভাবে-ভাবে হৈল মহারণ ।

ঔৎসুক্য, চাপল্য, দৈন্য,     রোষামর্ষ আদি সৈন্য,

প্রেমোন্মাদ — সবার কারণ ॥ ৬৩ ॥

nānā-bhāvera prābalya, haila sandhi-śābalya,

bhāve-bhāve haila mahā-raṇa

autsukya, cāpalya, dainya, roṣāmarṣa ādi sainya,

premonmāda — sabāra kāraṇa

Translation

Because of the various kinds of ecstasy, contradictory states of mind occurred, and this resulted in a great fight between different types of ecstasy. Anxiety, impotence, humility, anger and impatience were all like soldiers fighting, and the madness of love of Godhead was the cause.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Contradictory Ecstasies Meet and Contend

  1. 1

    The purport calls the meeting of similar ecstasies from separate causes svarūpa-sandhi. The meeting of opposing ecstasies is called bhinna-rūpasandhi.

  2. 2

    Śābalya refers to different ecstatic symptoms combining and the friction between them. In the translation, these emotions are like fighting soldiers, with the madness of love of Godhead as the cause.

  3. 3

    Autsukya, or eagerness, arises when the desire to see the desired object becomes very strong or delay becomes intolerable. Restlessness, anxiety, hard breathing and impatience may accompany it.

Key points from the purport
  • When opposing elements meet, whether they arise from a common cause or different causes, their conjunction is called bhinna-rūpasandhi, the meeting of contradictory ecstasies.
  • The word śābalya refers to different types of ecstatic symptoms combined together, like pride, despondency, humility, remembrance, doubt, impatience caused by insult, fear, disappointment, patience and eagerness.
  • Similarly, the lightness of heart caused by strong attachment and strong agitation of the mind is called impotence (cāpalya).

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

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:

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.
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. nānāvarious
  2. bhāveraof ecstasies
  3. prābalyathe force
  4. hailathere was
  5. sandhimeeting
  6. śābalyacontradiction
  7. bhāve-bhāvebetween ecstasies
  8. hailathere was
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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: “madness”

  • Dainya & humility · Making room for grace

    The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “humility”

  • 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 godhead”

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 does the image of fighting soldiers help you understand the meeting of contradictory ecstasies?

Practice

Write down the meaning of śābalya in one simple sentence, using the purport’s description.

Live this todayContradictory Ecstasies Meet and ContendThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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