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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 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya
Madhya 8.17Madhya 8.19

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.18

সূর্যশত-সম কান্তি, অরুণ বসন ।

সুবলিত প্রকাণ্ড দেহ, কমল-লোচন ॥ ১৮ ॥

sūrya-śata-sama kānti, aruṇa vasana

subalita prakāṇḍa deha, kamala-locana

Translation

Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya then saw Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to be as brilliant as a hundred suns. The Lord was covered by a saffron garment. He was large in body and very strongly built, and His eyes were like lotus petals.

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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 Brilliant Appearance

  1. 1

    Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya saw Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as brilliant as a hundred suns.

  2. 2

    The Lord wore a saffron garment and had a large, very strongly built body.

  3. 3

    His eyes were like lotus petals.

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

Further reading

Madhya 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

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

When Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya went there to take his bath, they met. After introducing himself, Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya requested Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to remain in the village for some days.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sūrya-śatahundreds of suns
  2. samalike
  3. kāntiluster
  4. aruṇasaffron
  5. vasanagarments
  6. subalitavery strongly built
  7. prakāṇḍabig
  8. dehabody
  9. kamala-locanaeyes like lotus petals
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which detail of the Lord’s appearance most draws your attention?

Practice

Reread the description slowly, remembering the Lord’s brilliance, saffron garment and lotus-petal eyes.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Brilliant AppearanceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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