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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 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Travels to the Holy Places
Madhya 9.190Madhya 9.192

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.191

ঈশ্বর-প্রেয়সী সীতা — চিদানন্দমূর্তি ।

প্রাকৃত-ইন্দ্রিয়ের তাঁরে দেখিতে নাহি শক্তি ॥ ১৯১ ॥

īśvara-preyasī sītā — cid-ānanda-mūrti

prākṛta-indriyera tāṅre dekhite nāhi śakti

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “Sītādevī, the dearmost wife of the Supreme Lord Rāmacandra, certainly has a spiritual form full of bliss. No one can see her with material eyes, for no materialist has such power.

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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.

Sītādevī’s Spiritual Form Is Full of Bliss

  1. 1

    Sītādevī is the dearmost wife of the Supreme Lord Rāmacandra.

  2. 2

    Her form is spiritual and full of bliss.

  3. 3

    No one can see her with material eyes; no materialist has that power.

How it feels

Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.

The mood of Madhya 9 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Travels to the Holy Places

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

He also visited Rāmeśvara, where He collected some papers connected with Sītādevī, whose illusory form had been kidnapped by Rāvaṇa. The Lord next visited the places known as Pāṇḍya-deśa, the Tāmraparṇī River, Naya-tripati, Ciyaḍatalā, Tila-kāñcī, Gajendra-mokṣaṇa, Pānāgaḍi, Cāmtāpura, Śrī Vaikuṇṭha, Malaya-parvata and Kanyā-kumārī.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. īśvara-preyasīthe dearmost wife of the Lord
  2. sītāmother Sītā
  3. cit-ānanda-mūrtispiritual blissful form
  4. prākṛtamaterial
  5. indriyeraof the senses
  6. tāṅreher
  7. dekhiteto see
  8. nāhithere is not
  9. śaktipower
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this teaching challenge the idea that material sight can reveal everything?

Practice

Write down and reflect on this teaching: Sītādevī’s form is spiritual and full of bliss.

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