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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 3: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Stay at the House of Advaita Ācārya
Madhya 3.122Madhya 3.124

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.123

অশ্রু, কম্প, পুলক, স্বেদ, গদ্‌গদ বচন ।

ক্ষণে উঠে, ক্ষণে পড়ে, ক্ষণেক রোদন ॥ ১২৩ ॥

aśru, kampa, pulaka, sveda, gadgada vacana

kṣaṇe uṭhe, kṣaṇe paḍe, kṣaṇeka rodana

Translation

Tears fell from His eyes, and His whole body trembled. His bodily hairs stood on end, He perspired heavily, and His words faltered. Sometimes He stood, and sometimes He fell. And sometimes He cried.

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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.

The Lord’s Tears and Trembling

  1. 1

    Tears fell from His eyes, and His whole body trembled.

  2. 2

    His bodily hairs stood on end, He perspired heavily, and His words faltered.

  3. 3

    Sometimes He stood, sometimes He fell, and sometimes He cried.

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

Further reading

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:

This house was located at Śāntipura. Mother Śacīdevī cooked for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu, and at that time there were many joking exchanges between Advaita Prabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. aśrutears
  2. kampatrembling
  3. pulakastanding of bodily hairs in ecstasy
  4. svedaperspiration
  5. gadgadafaltering
  6. vacanawords
  7. kṣaṇesometimes
  8. uṭhestands
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this description help you notice the intensity of the Lord’s condition?

Practice

Read the verse once slowly, pausing at each bodily symptom described.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Tears and TremblingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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