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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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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 1: The Spiritual Masters
Ādi 1.95Ādi 1.97

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 1.96

তত্ত্ববস্তু—কৃষ্ণ, কৃষ্ণভক্তি, প্রেমরূপ ।

নাম–সংকীর্তন—সর্ব আনন্দস্বরূপ ॥ ৯৬ ॥

tattva-vastu — kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa-bhakti, prema-rūpa

nāma-saṅkīrtana — saba ānanda-svarūpa

Translation

The Absolute Truth is Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and loving devotion to Śrī Kṛṣṇa exhibited in pure love is achieved through congregational chanting of the holy name, which is the essence of all bliss.

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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.

Chanting Awakens Pure Love for Śrī Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    The Absolute Truth is Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

  2. 2

    Loving devotion to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, exhibited in pure love, is achieved through congregational chanting of the holy name.

  3. 3

    Congregational chanting of the holy name is the essence of all bliss.

How it feels

Reverence and gratitude. The narrator takes shelter of the guru-paramparā; receptivity begins with humility.

The mood of Ādi 1 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 1: The Spiritual Masters

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

The energy and energetic are fundamentally one, but since their functions are differently exhibited, they are simultaneously different also. Thus the Absolute Truth is manifested in diversity in one unit.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tattva-vastuAbsolute Truth
  2. kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa
  3. kṛṣṇa-bhaktidevotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa
  4. prema-rūpataking the form of love for Lord Kṛṣṇa
  5. nāma-saṅkīrtanacongregational chanting of the holy name
  6. sabaall
  7. ānandaof bliss
  8. svarūpathe identity
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “chanting”, “holy name”, “congregational”

  • 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: “pure love”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might remembering the goal of pure love shape your chanting?

Practice

Spend a few minutes chanting the holy name together with another person, remembering loving devotion to Śrī Kṛṣṇa as the goal.

Live this todayChanting Awakens Pure Love for Śrī KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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