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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 5: The Activities of Sākṣi-gopāla
Madhya 5.136Madhya 5.138

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.137

মহা-তেজোময় দুঁহে কমল-নয়ন ।

দুঁহার ভাবাবেশ, দুঁহে — চন্দ্রবদন ॥ ১৩৭ ॥

mahā-tejo-maya duṅhe kamala-nayana

duṅhāra bhāvāveśa, duṅhe — candra-vadana

Translation

The devotees saw that both Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Gopāla were brilliantly effulgent and had eyes like lotuses. They were both absorbed in ecstasy, and both Their faces resembled full moons.

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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.

Shared Radiance, Beauty, and Ecstasy

  1. 1

    The devotees saw that Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Gopāla were both brilliantly effulgent.

  2. 2

    Both had eyes like lotuses and faces resembling full moons.

  3. 3

    Both were absorbed in ecstasy.

How it feels

Faith vindicated. The Deity bears witness; anxiety over a broken promise becomes astonishment and relief.

The mood of Madhya 5 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 5: The Activities of Sākṣi-gopāla

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

After hearing this narration, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited the temple of Gopāla in great ecstasy of love of God. From Kaṭaka He went to Bhuvaneśvara and saw the temple of Lord Śiva.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. mahā-tejaḥ-mayabrilliantly effulgent
  2. duṅheboth of Them
  3. kamala-nayanalotus-eyed
  4. duṅhāraof both of Them
  5. bhāva-āveśaabsorbed in ecstasy
  6. duṅheboth of Them
  7. candra-vadanamoon-faced
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How do the images of lotuses and full moons help you appreciate Their beauty?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute reflecting on Their lotuslike eyes and faces resembling full moons.

Live this todayShared Radiance, Beauty, and EcstasyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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