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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

Madhya 8.173 Madhya 8.175

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.174

‘সূদ্দীপ্ত-সাত্ত্বিক’ ভাব, হর্ষাদি ‘সঞ্চারী’ ।

এই সব ভাব-ভূষণ সব-অঙ্গে ভরি’ ॥ ১৭৪ ॥

‘sūddīpta-sāttvika’ bhāva, harṣādi ‘sañcārī’

ei saba bhāva-bhūṣaṇa saba-aṅge bhari’

Translation

“The ornaments decorating Her body are the blazing ecstasies of goodness and the constantly existing ecstasies, headed by jubilation. All these ecstasies are the ornaments all over Her body.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Ecstasies Are Her Ornaments

1
The blazing ecstasies of goodness decorate Her body.
2
The constantly existing ecstasies, headed by jubilation, also serve as Her ornaments.
3
All these ecstasies are described as ornaments spread over Her whole body.

How it feels

Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.

The mood of Madhya 8 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Madhya 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

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

Then Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya explained unalloyed devotional service, love of Godhead, and serving the Lord in the moods of pure servitude, fraternity and parental love. Finally he spoke of serving the Lord in conjugal love.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

su-uddīpta-sāttvika bhāvablazing ecstasies of goodness
harṣa-ādilike jubilation
sañcārīthe continuously existing ecstasies
ei sabaall these
bhāvaecstasies
bhūṣaṇaornaments
sabaall
aṅgebody
bhari’filling

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “serve”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about jubilation being named among Her ornaments?

Practice

Read the verse once more, noticing both the blazing and the constantly existing ecstasies.

Live this todayEcstasies Are Her OrnamentsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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