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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 5.145Madhya 5.147

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.146

হাসে, কান্দে, নাচে প্রভু হুঙ্কার গর্জন ।

তিনক্রোশ পথ হৈল — সহস্র যোজন ॥ ১৪৬ ॥

hāse, kānde, nāce prabhu huṅkāra garjana

tina-krośa patha haila — sahasra yojana

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu laughed, cried, danced and made many ecstatic vibrations and sounds. Although the temple was only six miles away, to Him the distance seemed thousands of miles.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Ecstatic Love Transforms Time and Distance

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu laughed, cried, danced and made many ecstatic sounds.

  2. 2

    In His ecstasy, He considered one moment to last as long as twelve years.

  3. 3

    After seeing the Jagannātha temple from a distance, He felt the six-mile path to be many thousands of miles long.

Key points from the purport
  • When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was in ecstasy, He considered one moment to last as long as twelve years.
  • After seeing the Jagannātha temple from a distant place, the Lord became so ecstatic that He considered the six-mile path many thousands of miles long.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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. hāselaughs
  2. kāndecries
  3. nācedances
  4. prabhuLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  5. huṅkāraecstatic vibrations
  6. garjanaresonations
  7. tina-krośasix miles
  8. pathathe way
  9. hailabecame
  10. sahasra yojanathousands of miles
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does Mahāprabhu’s experience of the short journey reveal about the intensity of His love?

Practice

Read this description slowly today, pausing to reflect on the intensity of Mahāprabhu’s longing to reach the temple.

Live this todayEcstatic Love Transforms Time and DistanceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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