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  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 9.237Madhya 9.239-240

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.238

পুঁথি পাঞা প্রভুর হৈল আনন্দ অপার ।

কম্পাশ্রু-স্বেদ-স্তম্ভ-পুলক বিকার ॥ ২৩৮ ॥

puṅthi pāñā prabhura haila ānanda apāra

kampāśru-sveda-stambha-pulaka vikāra

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was greatly happy to find a chapter of that scripture, and symptoms of ecstatic transformation — trembling, tears, perspiration, trance and jubilation — were manifest in His body.

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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.

Great Happiness in Finding Scripture

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was greatly happy to find a chapter of that scripture.

  2. 2

    Trembling, tears, and perspiration appeared in His body.

  3. 3

    Trance and jubilation were also manifest as symptoms of ecstatic transformation.

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:

The Lord also collected the Brahma-saṁhitā, fifth chapter, on the banks of the Payasvinī River. He then visited Payasvinī, Śṛṅgavera-purī-maṭha and Matsya-tīrtha.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. puṅthi pāñāgetting that scripture
  2. prabhuraof Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. hailathere was
  4. ānandahappiness
  5. apāraunlimited
  6. kampatrembling
  7. aśrutears
  8. svedaperspiration
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the Lord's great happiness reveal about His regard for this scripture?

Practice

Spend a moment reflecting on the Lord's joy in finding the scripture.

Live this todayGreat Happiness in Finding ScriptureThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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