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  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 6: The Liberation of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
Madhya 6.11Madhya 6.13

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.12

‘সূদ্দীপ্ত সাত্ত্বিক’ এই নাম যে ‘প্রলয়’ ।

নিত্যসিদ্ধ ভক্তে সে ‘সূদ্দীপ্ত ভাব’ হয় ॥ ১২ ॥

‘sūddīpta sāttvika’ ei nāma ye ‘pralaya’

nitya-siddha bhakte se ‘sūddīpta bhāva’ haya

Translation

Upon seeing the sign of sūddīpta-sāttvika, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya could immediately understand the transcendental ecstatic transformation in the body of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Such a sign takes place only in the bodies of eternally liberated devotees.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Recognizing the Highest Ecstatic Symptoms

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    The Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu describes eight transcendental bodily transformations in advanced devotees. In dhūmāyitā, one or two are slightly present and concealable; in jvalitā, more than two or three appear and are concealed only with great difficulty.

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    Four or five symptoms mark dīpta, while five, six or all eight appearing together mark uddīpta. In sūddīpta, all eight are multiplied a thousand times and visible at once.

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    Sārvabhauma recognized sūddīpta-sāttvika, a sign found only in eternally liberated devotees. These nitya-siddha-bhaktas enjoy the Lord’s company as servant, friend, parent or conjugal lover.

Key points from the purport
  • The word sūddīpta-sāttvika is explained as follows by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura: “The Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu mentions eight kinds of transcendental transformations in the bodies of advanced devotees.
  • The dhūmāyitā (smoking) stage is exhibited when only one or two transformations are slightly present and it is possible to conceal them.
  • When more than two or three transcendental transformations are manifest and it is still possible to conceal them, although with great difficulty, that stage is called jvalitā (lighted).

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

Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.

The mood of Madhya 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 6: The Liberation of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya

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

Śrīla Nityānanda Prabhu and other devotees then visited the Jagannātha temple, and when they came back to the house of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to external consciousness. Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya received everyone and distributed mahā-prasādam with great care.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. su-uddīpta sāttvikasūddīpta-sāttvika
  2. eithis
  3. nāmanamed
  4. yewhich
  5. pralayadevastation
  6. nitya-siddhaeternally perfected
  7. bhaktein the devotee
  8. sethat
  9. su-uddīpta bhāvaecstasy known as sūddīpta
  10. hayabecomes manifest
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts

    Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “together”

  • 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: “lover”

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “conjugal”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this description help you appreciate the extraordinary nature of what Sārvabhauma saw?

Practice

Make a short list of the five stages, noting how the visible symptoms increase.

Live this todayRecognizing the Highest Ecstatic SymptomsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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