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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 8.283Madhya 8.285

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.284

প্রভু তাঁরে হস্ত স্পর্শি’ করাইলা চেতন ।

সন্ন্যাসীর বেষ দেখি’ বিস্মিত হৈল মন ॥ ২৮৪ ॥

prabhu tāṅre hasta sparśi’ karāilā cetana

sannyāsīra veṣa dekhi’ vismita haila mana

Translation

When Rāmānanda Rāya fell to the ground unconscious, Caitanya Mahāprabhu touched his hand, and he immediately regained consciousness. But when he saw Lord Caitanya in the dress of a sannyāsī, he was struck with wonder.

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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 Touch and Renewed Wonder

  1. 1

    After Rāmānanda Rāya falls unconscious, Caitanya Mahāprabhu touches his hand.

  2. 2

    Rāmānanda Rāya immediately regains consciousness.

  3. 3

    He sees Lord Caitanya in the dress of a sannyāsī and is struck with wonder.

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:

Gradually Rāmānanda Rāya could understand the position of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu exhibited His real form, Rāmānanda Rāya fell unconscious. After some days, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Rāmānanda Rāya to retire from government service and come to Jagannātha Purī.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prabhuthe Lord
  2. tāṅreunto Rāmānanda Rāya
  3. hastathe hand
  4. sparśi’touching
  5. karāilāmade
  6. cetanaconscious
  7. sannyāsīraof the sannyāsī
  8. veṣathe dress
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What touches you most in this scene: the Lord’s touch, Rāmānanda Rāya’s recovery, or his wonder?

Practice

Read the verse slowly and spend a quiet moment reflecting on the Lord touching Rāmānanda Rāya’s hand.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Touch and Renewed WonderThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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