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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 Ādi 10.75

গরুড় পণ্ডিত লয় শ্রীনাম–মঙ্গল ।

নাম–বলে বিষ যাঁরে না করিল বল ॥ ৭৫ ॥

garuḍa paṇḍita laya śrīnāma-maṅgala

nāma-bale viṣa yāṅre nā karila bala

Translation

Garuḍa Paṇḍita, the thirty-seventh branch of the tree, always engaged in chanting the auspicious name of the Lord. Because of the strength of this chanting, even the effects of poison could not touch him.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Strength of Chanting the Holy Name

  1. 1

    Garuḍa Paṇḍita, the thirty-seventh branch of the tree, always chanted the auspicious name of the Lord.

  2. 2

    He was once bitten by a poisonous snake.

  3. 3

    The purport explains that the poison could not affect him because of his chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.

Key points from the purport
  • Garuḍa Paṇḍita was once bitten by a poisonous snake, but the snake’s poison could not affect him because of his chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.

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

How it feels

Belonging and gratitude. Many devotees become branches of one living network of devotion.

The mood of Ādi 10 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 10: The Trunk, Branches and Subbranches of the Caitanya Tree

Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:

This chapter describes the branches of the tree named Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Back to this verse in Ādi 10
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. garuḍa paṇḍitaGaruḍa Paṇḍita
  2. layatakes
  3. śrī-nāma-maṅgalathe auspicious Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra
  4. nāma-baleby the strength of this chanting
  5. viṣapoison
  6. yāṅrewhom
  7. nādid not
  8. karilaaffect
  9. balastrength
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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”, “chanted”

  • Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts

    Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “branch”

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

How does Garuḍa Paṇḍita’s constant chanting encourage your own chanting?

Practice

Set aside a few quiet minutes today to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.

Live this todayThe Strength of Chanting the Holy NameThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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