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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 9.87Madhya 9.89

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.88

সৌন্দর্যাদি প্রেমাবেশ দেখি, সর্বলোক ।

দেখিবারে আইসে, দেখে, খণ্ডে দুঃখ-শোক ॥ ৮৮ ॥

saundaryādi premāveśa dekhi, sarva-loka

dekhibāre āise, dekhe, khaṇḍe duḥkha-śoka

Translation

The beauty of Lord Caitanya’s body and His ecstatic love of God were witnessed by everyone. Many people used to come see Him, and as soon as they saw Him, all their unhappiness and distress vanished.

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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.

Seeing the Lord Removes Distress

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    Everyone witnessed the beauty of Lord Caitanya’s body.

  2. 2

    They also witnessed His ecstatic love of God, and many people came to see Him.

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    As soon as they saw Him, all their unhappiness and distress vanished.

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:

Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then proceeded farther, arriving at Setubandha Rāmeśvara. At Śrī Śaila-parvata, the Lord met Lord Śiva and his wife Durgā in the dress of a brāhmaṇa and brāhmaṇī.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. saundarya-ādithe beauty of the body, etc.
  2. prema-āveśaHis ecstatic love
  3. dekhiseeing
  4. sarva-lokaall men
  5. dekhibāreto see
  6. āisecome there
  7. dekheand see
  8. khaṇḍe duḥkha-śokaare relieved from all unhappiness and distress
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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

What draws my attention to Lord Caitanya’s beauty and ecstatic love of God?

Practice

Pause for a minute to reflect on the joy people received upon seeing Lord Caitanya.

Live this todaySeeing the Lord Removes DistressThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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