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  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 2.75Madhya 2.77

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.76

গুরু — নানা ভাবগণ,     শিষ্য — প্রভুর তনু-মন,

নানা রীতে সতত নাচায় ।

নির্বেদ, বিষাদ, দৈন্য,     চাপল্য, হর্ষ, ধৈর্য, মন্যু,

এই নৃত্যে প্রভুর কাল যায় ॥ ৭৬ ॥

guru — nānā bhāva-gaṇa, śiṣya — prabhura tanu-mana,

nānā rīte satata nācāya

nirveda, viṣāda, dainya, cāpalya, harṣa, dhairya, manyu,

ei nṛtye prabhura kāla yāya

Translation

As the spiritual master chastises the disciple and teaches him the art of devotional service, so all the ecstatic symptoms of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu — including despondency, moroseness, humility, restlessness, joy, endurance and anger — instructed His body and mind. In this way, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu passed His time.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Ecstatic Symptoms Instructed His Body and Mind

  1. 1

    A spiritual master chastises the disciple and teaches the art of devotional service.

  2. 2

    Similarly, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstatic symptoms instructed His body and mind.

  3. 3

    These symptoms included despondency, moroseness, humility, restlessness, joy, endurance and anger. In this way He passed His time.

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:

Śrīla Kavirāja Gosvāmī has confirmed that the opinion of Svarūpa Dāmodara is authoritative in the matter of devotional service. Over and above this are the notes of Svarūpa Dāmodara, memorized by Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, who also helped in the compilation of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. guruthe teacher
  2. nānāvarious
  3. bhāva-gaṇaecstasies
  4. śiṣyadisciples
  5. prabhuraof Lord Caitanya
  6. tanu-manabody and mind
  7. nānāvarious
  8. rītein ways
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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”

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “service”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the comparison with a spiritual master help you understand the word “instructed” here?

Practice

Write one sentence explaining the verse’s comparison between a spiritual master’s instruction and Mahāprabhu’s ecstatic symptoms.

Live this todayEcstatic Symptoms Instructed His Body and MindThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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