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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 17.4

বিদ্যা–সৌন্দর্য–সদ্বেশ–সম্ভোগ–নৃত্য–কীৰ্তনৈঃ ।

প্রেমনামপ্রদানৈশ্চ গৌরো দীব্যতি যৌবনে ॥ ৪ ॥

vidyā-saundarya-sad-veśa-

sambhoga-nṛtya-kīrtanaiḥ

prema-nāma-pradānaiś ca

gauro dīvyati yauvane

Translation

Exhibiting His scholarship, beauty and fine dress, Lord Caitanya danced and chanted as He distributed the holy name of the Lord to awaken dormant love of Kṛṣṇa. Thus Lord Śrī Gaurasundara shone in His youthful pastimes.

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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 Holy Name Awakens Love of Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Lord Caitanya exhibited His scholarship, beauty and fine dress.

  2. 2

    He danced and chanted while distributing the holy name of the Lord to awaken dormant love of Kṛṣṇa.

  3. 3

    In these youthful pastimes, Lord Śrī Gaurasundara shone.

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. vidyāeducation
  2. saundaryabeauty
  3. sat-veśanice dress
  4. sambhogaenjoyment
  5. nṛtyadancing
  6. kīrtanaiḥby chanting
  7. prema-nāmathe holy name of the Lord, which induces one to become a devotee
  8. pradānaiḥby distributing
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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: “chanted”, “holy name”

  • Audārya · Love that moves outward

    The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “distributed”, “distributing”

  • 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: “love of krsna”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the purpose of awakening love of Kṛṣṇa mean for my chanting?

Practice

Spend a short time chanting the holy name today, remembering its purpose of awakening love of Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayThe Holy Name Awakens Love of KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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