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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
Madhya 4.95Madhya 4.97

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.96

মহাপ্রসাদ খাইল আসিয়া সব লোক ।

গোপাল দেখিয়া সবার খণ্ডে দুঃখ-শোক ॥ ৯৬ ॥

mahā-prasāda khāila āsiyā saba loka

gopāla dekhiyā sabāra khaṇḍe duḥkha-śoka

Translation

Throngs of people came from different villages to see the Deity of Gopāla, and they took mahā-prasādam sumptuously. When they saw the superexcellent form of Lord Gopāla, all their lamentation and unhappiness disappeared.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Seeing Gopāla Dispels Unhappiness

  1. 1

    Throngs of people came from different villages to see the Deity of Gopāla.

  2. 2

    They took mahā-prasādam sumptuously.

  3. 3

    Seeing Lord Gopāla’s superexcellent form removed all their lamentation and unhappiness.

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:

This festival was known everywhere, and many people from the neighboring villages came to join. One night the Gopāla Deity again appeared to Mādhavendra Purī in a dream and asked him to go to Jagannātha Purī to collect some sandalwood pulp and smear it on the body of the Deity.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 4
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. mahā-prasādaspiritualized foods offered to Kṛṣṇa
  2. khāilaate
  3. āsiyācoming
  4. sabaall
  5. lokapeople
  6. gopālathe Deity of Śrī Gopāla
  7. dekhiyāseeing
  8. sabāraof all of them
  9. khaṇḍedisappears
  10. duḥkha-śokaall lamentation and unhappiness
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vipralambha · Love in separation

    Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lamentation”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How attentively do I look upon the Deity’s beautiful form?

Practice

Visit the Deity today, if possible, and spend a quiet moment attentively seeing His form.

Live this todaySeeing Gopāla Dispels UnhappinessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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