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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.346

জগন্নাথ-দরশন প্রেমাবেশে কৈল ।

কম্প-স্বেদ-পুলকাশ্রুতে শরীর ভাসিল ॥ ৩৪৬ ॥

jagannātha-daraśana premāveśe kaila

kampa-sveda-pulakāśrute śarīra bhāsila

Translation

Due to ecstatic love experienced upon visiting Lord Jagannātha, inundations of trembling, perspiration, tears and jubilation swept the body of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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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.

Ecstatic Love Upon Seeing Lord Jagannātha

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu experienced ecstatic love upon visiting Lord Jagannātha.

  2. 2

    Trembling and perspiration swept His body.

  3. 3

    Tears and jubilation also swept His body in waves of ecstatic love.

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:

Thus the Lord visited almost all the holy places in South India. He finally returned to Jagannātha Purī by taking the same route, after visiting Vidyānagara again.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. jagannātha-daraśanavisiting Lord Jagannātha
  2. prema-āveśein ecstatic love
  3. kailamade
  4. kampatrembling
  5. svedaperspiration
  6. pulakajubilation
  7. aśrutewith tears
  8. śarīrathe whole body
  9. bhāsilawas inundated
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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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this description deepen your appreciation of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s love for Lord Jagannātha?

Practice

Read the verse slowly, keeping your attention on the love behind these bodily expressions.

Live this todayEcstatic Love Upon Seeing Lord JagannāthaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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