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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 17: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Youth
Ādi 17.200Ādi 17.203

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Ādi 17.201-202

আর ম্লেচ্ছ কহে, শুন—আমি ত’ এইমতে ।

হিন্দুকে পরিহাস কৈনু সে দিন হইতে ॥ ২০১ ॥

জিহ্বা কৃষ্ণনাম করে, না মানে বর্জন ।

না জানি, কি মন্ত্রৌষধি জানে হিন্দুগণ ॥ ২০২ ॥

āra mleccha kahe, śuna — āmi ta’ ei-mate

hinduke parihāsa kainu se dina ha-ite

Translation

“Another meat-eater said, ‘Sir, please hear me. Since the day I joked with some Hindus in this way, my tongue chants the Hare Kṛṣṇa hymn and cannot give it up. I do not know what mystic hymns and herbal potions these Hindus know.’

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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.

The Tongue Cannot Give Up Chanting

  1. 1

    Another meat-eater asks to be heard and describes what happened after he joked with some Hindus.

  2. 2

    Since that day, his tongue chants the Hare Kṛṣṇa hymn and cannot give it up.

  3. 3

    He does not understand the cause and wonders what mystic hymns and herbal potions the Hindus know.

How it feels

Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.

The mood of Ādi 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 17: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Youth

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

Similarly, mother Yaśodā is the Queen of Vrajabhūmi, and in the pastimes of Lord Caitanya she is Śacīmātā. Therefore the son of Śacī is the son of Yaśodā.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. āraanother
  2. mlecchameat-eater
  3. kahesaid
  4. śunaplease hear
  5. āmiI
  6. ta’certainly
  7. ei-matein this way
  8. hinduketo a Hindu
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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: “chants”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What strikes me about his inability to give up chanting?

Practice

Take a brief pause today to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayThe Tongue Cannot Give Up ChantingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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