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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 3.127Madhya 3.129

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.128

জর-জর হৈল প্রভু ভাবের প্রহারে ।

ভূমিতে পড়িল, শ্বাস নাহিক শরীরে ॥ ১২৮ ॥

jara-jara haila prabhu bhāvera prahāre

bhūmite paḍila, śvāsa nāhika śarīre

Translation

The entire body of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu began to totter due to the onslaught of various ecstatic symptoms. As a result, He immediately fell to the ground, and His breathing almost stopped.

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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.

Overwhelmed by Various Ecstatic Symptoms

  1. 1

    Various ecstatic symptoms came upon Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    Their onslaught made His entire body totter.

  3. 3

    He immediately fell to the ground, and His breathing almost stopped.

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:

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. In the evening there was a mass saṅkīrtana at the house of Advaita Prabhu, and mother Śacīdevī gave Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu permission to leave.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. jara-jaratottering
  2. hailathere was
  3. prabhuthe Lord
  4. bhāveraof the ecstatic moods
  5. prahārein the onslaught
  6. bhūmiteon the ground
  7. paḍilafell
  8. śvāsabreathing
  9. nāhikathere was not
  10. śarīrein the body
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the sequence of tottering, falling and nearly stopped breathing show about the force of these symptoms?

Practice

Read the translation slowly and trace the sequence of changes in the Lord’s body.

Live this todayOverwhelmed by Various Ecstatic SymptomsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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