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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 8.25Madhya 8.27

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.26

এই ত’ সন্ন্যাসীর তেজ দেখি ব্রহ্মসম ।

শূদ্রে আলিঙ্গিয়া কেনে করেন ক্রন্দন ॥ ২৬ ॥

ei ta’ sannyāsīra teja dekhi brahma-sama

śūdre āliṅgiyā kene karena krandana

Translation

The brāhmaṇas thought, “We can see that this sannyāsī has a luster like the effulgence of Brahman, but how is it He is crying upon embracing a śūdra, a member of the fourth caste in the social order?”

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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.

An Embrace That Puzzles the Observers

  1. 1

    The brāhmaṇas saw that the sannyāsī had a luster like the effulgence of Brahman.

  2. 2

    They also saw Him crying while embracing a śūdra, a member of the fourth caste.

  3. 3

    They wondered how His radiant appearance could accompany such an embrace.

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:

Honoring his request, Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed there in the home of some Vedic brāhmaṇas. In the evening, Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya used to come to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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. ei ta’this indeed
  2. sannyāsīraof the sannyāsī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. tejabodily effulgence
  4. dekhiwe see
  5. brahma-samaexactly like Brahman
  6. śūdrea śūdra, or worker
  7. āliṅgiyāembracing
  8. kenewhy
  9. karenadoes
  10. krandanacrying
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vipralambha · Love in separation

    Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “crying”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do the brāhmaṇas’ questions reveal about their expectations?

Practice

Reread the brāhmaṇas’ thought and distinguish what they observed from what puzzled them.

Live this todayAn Embrace That Puzzles the ObserversThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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