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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 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas
Madhya 25.224Madhya 25.226

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.225

শুনিয়া ভক্তের গণ যেন পুনরপি জীলা ।

দেহে প্রাণ আইলে, যেন ইন্দ্রিয় উঠিলা ॥ ২২৫ ॥

śuniyā bhaktera gaṇa yena punarapi jīlā

dehe prāṇa āile, yena indriya uṭhilā

Translation

Hearing news of the Lord’s arrival from Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya, hordes of devotees became so happy that they seemed to be getting their lives back. It was as though their consciousness had returned to their bodies. Their senses also became agitated.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

News of the Lord Revives His Devotees

  1. 1

    The devotees heard news of the Lord’s arrival from Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya.

  2. 2

    So many devotees became intensely happy that they seemed to be getting their lives back.

  3. 3

    It was as though consciousness had returned to their bodies, and their senses also became agitated.

How it feels

Reconciliation and broad mercy. Opponents turn toward bhakti; the Lord returns to Purī and embraces devotees.

The mood of Madhya 25 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas

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

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to Jagannātha Purī through the great forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa (Jharkhand) in central India. At the end of this chapter, Kavirāja Gosvāmī sums up the incidents of the madhya-līlā and instructs every living being to read this sublime book of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. śuniyāhearing
  2. bhaktera gaṇathe hordes of devotees at Jagannātha Purī
  3. yenaas if
  4. punarapiagain
  5. jīlābecame alive
  6. dehein the body
  7. prāṇa āileconsciousness returned
  8. yenaas if
  9. indriyasenses
  10. uṭhilābecame agitated
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the comparison to receiving their lives back convey about the devotees’ happiness?

Practice

Read the translation slowly, pausing to reflect on the devotees’ joy at hearing of the Lord’s arrival.

Live this todayNews of the Lord Revives His DevoteesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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