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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 2.94Madhya 3.1

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.95

পাঞা যাঁর আজ্ঞা-ধন,     ব্রজের বৈষ্ণবগণ,

বন্দোঁ তাঁর মুখ্য হরিদাস ।

চৈতন্যবিলাস-সিন্ধু-     কল্লোলের এক বিন্দু,

তার কণা কহে কৃষ্ণদাস ॥ ৯৫ ॥

pāñā yāṅra ājñā-dhana, vrajera vaiṣṇava-gaṇa,

vandoṅ tāṅra mukhya haridāsa

caitanya-vilāsa-sindhu- kallolera eka bindu, tāra kaṇā kahe kṛṣṇa-dāsa

Translation

Receiving orders from the above authorities and the Vaiṣṇavas of Vṛndāvana, especially from Haridāsa, the priest of Govindajī, I, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, have tried to describe one small particle of one drop of one wave of the ocean of the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Humble Service Within an Ocean of Pastimes

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī writes after receiving orders from the authorities and the Vaiṣṇavas of Vṛndāvana.

  2. 2

    He especially mentions Haridāsa, the priest of Govindajī, among those who ordered him to write.

  3. 3

    He describes his effort as presenting only one small particle of one drop of one wave of the ocean of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes.

Key points from the purport
  • Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, second chapter, describing the ecstatic manifestations of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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:

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. After the disappearance of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī went to Vṛndāvana.
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. pāñāgetting
  2. yāṅrawhose
  3. ājñā-dhanaorder
  4. vrajeraof Vṛndāvana
  5. vaiṣṇava-gaṇaall the Vaiṣṇavas
  6. vandoṅI worship
  7. tāṅraof them
  8. mukhyathe chief
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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: “haridāsa”

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 author’s description of his small contribution shape my attitude toward devotional service?

Practice

Before studying today, pause to remember that what you are reading is a small particle of an ocean of pastimes.

Live this todayHumble Service Within an Ocean of PastimesThis 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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