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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.227

দেখি’ আনন্দিত হৈল মহাপ্রভুর মন ।

প্রেমাবিষ্ট হঞা প্রভু কৈলা আলিঙ্গন ॥ ২২৭ ॥

dekhi’ ānandita haila mahāprabhura mana

premāviṣṭa hañā prabhu kailā āliṅgana

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very pleased to see this. He became ecstatic in love of Godhead and embraced Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.

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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.

The Lord’s Joy in Love of Godhead

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very pleased by what He saw.

  2. 2

    He became ecstatic in love of Godhead.

  3. 3

    In that love, He embraced Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.

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:

Having become a pure devotee, the Bhaṭṭācārya said, “Because the meaning is hazy, I still prefer bhakti-pada. ” At this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and the other inhabitants of Jagannātha Purī became very pleased. Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya thus became a pure Vaiṣṇava, and the other learned scholars there followed him.
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. dekhi’seeing this
  2. ānanditavery pleased
  3. hailawas
  4. mahāprabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  5. manathe mind
  6. prema-āviṣṭaabsorbed in the ecstasy of love of God
  7. hañābecoming
  8. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  9. kailādid
  10. āliṅganaembracing
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “embraced”

  • 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”

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

What does this embrace help you appreciate about the Lord’s affection?

Practice

Read the translation slowly once, pausing to reflect on the Lord’s pleasure and affection.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Joy in Love of GodheadThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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