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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 4: Śrī Mādhavendra Purī’s Devotional Service
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.22

প্রেমে মত্ত, — নাহি তাঁর রাত্রিদিন-জ্ঞান ।

ক্ষণে উঠে, ক্ষণে পড়ে, নাহি স্থানাস্থান ॥ ২২ ॥

preme matta, — nāhi tāṅra rātri-dina-jñāna

kṣaṇe uṭhe, kṣaṇe paḍe, nāhi sthānāsthāna

Translation

Mādhavendra Purī was almost mad in his ecstasy of love of Godhead, and he did not know whether it was day or night. Sometimes he stood up, and sometimes he fell to the ground. He could not discriminate whether he was in a proper place or not.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Absorbed in Love of Godhead

  1. 1

    Mādhavendra Purī was almost mad in his ecstasy of love of Godhead.

  2. 2

    He did not know whether it was day or night. Sometimes he stood up, and sometimes he fell to the ground.

  3. 3

    He could not discriminate whether he was in a proper place or not.

How it feels

Selfless service and longing. Gopāla’s requests, Gopīnātha’s mercy, and Mādhavendra Purī’s devotion deepen the theme of longing.

The mood of Madhya 4 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 4: Śrī Mādhavendra Purī’s Devotional Service

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

One night while in Govardhana, Mādhavendra Purī dreamed that the Gopāla Deity was within the forest. The next morning he invited his neighborhood friends to accompany him to excavate the Deity from the jungle.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. preme mattamaddened in the ecstasy of love of Kṛṣṇa
  2. nāhithere was not
  3. tāṅraof him
  4. rātri-dina-jñānaknowledge of day and night
  5. kṣaṇesometimes
  6. uṭhestands
  7. kṣaṇe paḍesometimes falls
  8. nāhithere was no sense
  9. sthāna-asthānaa proper place or not
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love of godhead”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does Mādhavendra Purī’s lack of awareness of day and night show me about his absorption in love of Godhead?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the words “ecstasy of love of Godhead.”

Live this todayAbsorbed in Love of GodheadThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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