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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 3: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Stay at the House of Advaita Ācārya

Madhya 3.114 Madhya 3.116

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.115

এই পদ গাওয়াইয়া হর্ষে করেন নর্তন ।

স্বেদ-কম্প-পুলকাশ্রু-হুঙ্কার-গর্জন ॥ ১১৫ ॥

ei pada gāoyāiyā harṣe karena nartana

sveda-kampa-pulakāśru-huṅkāra-garjana

Translation

Advaita Ācārya led the saṅkīrtana party, and with great pleasure He sang this verse. There was a manifestation of ecstatic perspiration, shivering, raised hairs, tears in the eyes and sometimes thundering and bellowing.

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

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Great Pleasure in Saṅkīrtana

1
Advaita Ācārya led the saṅkīrtana party.
2
He sang the verse with great pleasure.
3
His ecstasy manifested as perspiration, shivering, raised hairs and tears in the eyes. Sometimes there was thundering and bellowing.

How it feels

Reunion and heartbreaking parting. After sannyāsa, mother Śacī and the devotees reunite with Him before consenting to separation.

The mood of Madhya 3 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Madhya 3: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Stay at the House of Advaita Ācārya

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

In the evening there was a mass saṅkīrtana at the house of Advaita Prabhu, and mother Śacīdevī gave Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu permission to leave. She requested Him to make Jagannātha Purī, Nīlācala, His headquarters.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

ei padathis verse
gāoyāiyācausing to be sung
harṣein pleasure
karenadoes
nartanadancing
svedaperspiration
kampashivering
pulakastanding of hairs

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “party”
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: “saṅkīrtana”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about the pleasure Advaita Ācārya experienced while singing?

Practice

Spend a few minutes singing in praise of the Lord, remembering Advaita Ācārya’s pleasure in saṅkīrtana.

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