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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 8.23Madhya 8.25

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.24

স্তম্ভ, স্বেদ, অশ্রু, কম্প, পুলক, বৈবর্ণ্য ।

দুঁহার মুখেতে শুনি’ গদ্‌গ‌দ ‘কৃষ্ণ’বর্ণ ॥ ২৪ ॥

stambha, sveda, aśru, kampa, pulaka, vaivarṇya

duṅhāra mukhete śuni’ gadgada ‘kṛṣṇa’ varṇa

Translation

When they embraced each other, ecstatic symptoms — paralysis, perspiration, tears, shivering, paleness and standing up of the bodily hairs — appeared. The word “Kṛṣṇa” came from their mouths falteringly.

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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.

Kṛṣṇa’s Name Amid Ecstatic Symptoms

  1. 1

    As they embraced, ecstatic symptoms appeared in both of them.

  2. 2

    These symptoms included paralysis, perspiration, tears, shivering, paleness and the standing up of bodily hairs.

  3. 3

    The word “Kṛṣṇa” came from their mouths falteringly.

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:

After introducing himself, Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya requested Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to remain in the village for some days. Honoring his request, Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed there in the home of some Vedic brāhmaṇas.
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. stambhaparalysis
  2. svedaperspiration
  3. aśrutears
  4. kampashivering
  5. pulakahorripilation
  6. vaivarṇyapaleness
  7. duṅhāraof both of them
  8. mukhetein the mouth
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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”

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 draws your attention to Kṛṣṇa’s name in this description of their embrace?

Practice

Say the holy name “Kṛṣṇa” slowly and attentively today.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Name Amid Ecstatic SymptomsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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