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  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 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features
Ādi 7.93Ādi 7.95-96

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.94

এবংব্রতঃ স্বপ্রিয়নামকীর্ত্যা

জাতানুরাগো দ্রুতচিত্ত উচ্চৈঃ ।

হসত্যথো রোদিতি রৌতি গায়–

ত্যুন্মাদবন্নৃত্যতি লোকবাহ্যঃ ॥ ৯৪ ॥

evaṁ-vrataḥ sva-priya-nāma-kīrtyā

jātānurāgo druta-citta uccaiḥ

hasaty atho roditi rauti gāyaty

unmāda-van nṛtyati loka-bāhyaḥ

Translation

“ ‘When a person is actually advanced and takes pleasure in chanting the holy name of the Lord, who is very dear to him, he is agitated and loudly chants the holy name. He also laughs, cries, becomes agitated and chants just like a madman, not caring for outsiders.’

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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.

Advanced Devotion Finds Joy in Chanting

  1. 1

    A person who is actually advanced takes pleasure in chanting the holy name of the Lord, who is very dear to him.

  2. 2

    Such a person loudly chants the holy name and may laugh, cry and become agitated.

  3. 3

    Absorbed in chanting, he acts like a madman, not caring for outsiders.

How it feels

Collective delight. The Pañca-tattva gives divine love a relational and communal form.

The mood of Ādi 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features

Back to this verse in Ādi 7
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. evam-vrataḥwhen one thus engages in the vow to chant and dance
  2. svaown
  3. priyavery dear
  4. nāmaholy name
  5. kīrtyāby chanting
  6. jātain this way develops
  7. anurāgaḥattachment
  8. druta-cittaḥvery eagerly
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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”

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

What draws my attention more during chanting: the Lord’s holy name or what others may think?

Practice

Spend a few minutes chanting the holy name, giving your attention to the Lord rather than to others’ opinions.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todayAdvanced Devotion Finds Joy in ChantingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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