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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

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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.4

নৃসিংহ দেখিয়া কৈল দণ্ডবৎপ্রণতি ।

প্রেমাবেশে কৈল বহু নৃত্য-গীত-স্তুতি ॥ ৪ ॥

nṛsiṁha dekhiyā kaila daṇḍavat-praṇati

premāveśe kaila bahu nṛtya-gīta-stuti

Translation

Upon seeing the Deity of Lord Nṛsiṁha in the temple, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu offered His respectful obeisances by falling flat. Then, in ecstatic love, He performed various dances, chanted, and offered prayers.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Respect and Ecstatic Love in Worship

1
Upon seeing Lord Nṛsiṁha in the temple, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu offered respectful obeisances by falling flat.
2
He performed various dances in ecstatic love.
3
He also chanted and offered prayers to the Lord.

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:

Rāmānanda Rāya, who was clothed in ordinary dress, offered the Lord respectful obeisances. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu questioned him on the object and process of worship and also asked him to recite verses from the Vedic literature.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

nṛsiṁha dekhiyāby seeing Lord Nṛsiṁha in the temple
kailadid
daṇḍavat-praṇatioffering of obeisances, falling flat before the Deity
premāveśein ecstatic love
kailadid
bahuall kinds of
nṛtyadancing
gītachanting
stutiand offering of prayers

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “ecstatic love”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chanted”
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: “offered”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How do respect and love appear together in Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s worship?

Practice

Offer a brief, respectful prayer to Lord Nṛsiṁha today.

Live this todayRespect and Ecstatic Love in WorshipThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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