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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 17.34

তবে প্রভু শ্রীবাসের গৃহে নিরন্তর ।

রাত্রে সংকীর্তন কৈল এক সম্বৎসর ॥ ৩৪ ॥

tabe prabhu śrīvāsera gṛhe nirantara

rātre saṅkīrtana kaila eka saṁvatsara

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu regularly led congregational chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra in the house of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura every night for one full year.

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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.

Regular Congregational Chanting

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu regularly led congregational chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.

  2. 2

    This chanting took place in the house of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura.

  3. 3

    The gathering continued every night for one full year.

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:

The seventeenth chapter, as summarized by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya, describes Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes from His sixteenth year until the time He accepted the renounced order of life. Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has already vividly described these pastimes in the Caitanya-bhāgavata; therefore Kṛṣṇa dāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī describes them only briefly.
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. tabethereafter
  2. prabhuthe Lord, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. śrīvāseraof Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura
  4. gṛhein the home
  5. nirantaraalways
  6. rātreat night
  7. saṅkīrtanacongregational chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra
  8. kailaperformed
  9. eka saṁvatsaraone full year
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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”, “congregational”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What place does regular chanting have in my daily life?

Practice

Set aside a few minutes today to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra with someone else.

Live this todayRegular Congregational ChantingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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