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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 9.95Madhya 9.97

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.96

পুলকাশ্রু, কম্প, স্বেদ, — যাবৎ পঠন ।

দেখি’ আনন্দিত হৈল মহাপ্রভুর মন ॥ ৯৬ ॥

pulakāśru, kampa, sveda, — yāvat paṭhana

dekhi’ ānandita haila mahāprabhura mana

Translation

While reading the book, the brāhmaṇa experienced transcendental bodily transformations. The hairs on his body stood on end, tears welled up in his eyes, and his body trembled and perspired as he read. Seeing this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became very happy.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord Is Pleased by Devotion

  1. 1

    Although the brāhmaṇa could not pronounce the words well due to illiteracy, he experienced ecstatic symptoms while reading the Bhagavad-gītā.

  2. 2

    His hairs stood on end, tears welled up, and his body trembled and perspired. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very pleased to see these symptoms.

  3. 3

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself, did not consider the imperfect pronunciation very serious. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is pleased by bhāva (devotion), not by erudite scholarship.

Key points from the purport
  • Although the brāhmaṇa could not pronounce the words very well due to illiteracy, he still experienced ecstatic symptoms while reading the Bhagavad-gītā.
  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very pleased to observe these symptoms, and this indicates that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is pleased by devotion, not by erudite scholarship.
  • Even though the words were imperfectly pronounced, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself, did not think this very serious.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 9.96 quotesSB 1.5.11

In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.5.11) this is confirmed:

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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:

A brāhmaṇa devotee of Lord Rāmacandra talked with Him. Then the Lord took His bath in the river Kṛtamālā.
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. pulakastanding of the hairs of the body
  2. aśrutears
  3. kampatrembling
  4. svedaperspiration
  5. yāvatduring
  6. paṭhanathe reading of the book
  7. dekhi’seeing this
  8. ānanditavery happy
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “bhāva”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When you read, are you more concerned with displaying learning or offering devotion?

Practice

Before reading today, pause and remember that the Lord is pleased by devotion, not by erudite scholarship.

Live this todayThe Lord Is Pleased by DevotionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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