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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 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features
Ādi 7.94Ādi 7.97

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Ādi 7.95-96

এই তাঁর বাক্যে আমি দৃঢ় বিশ্বাস ধরি’ ।

নিরন্তর কৃষ্ণনাম সংকীর্তন করি ॥ ৯৫ ॥

সেই কৃষ্ণনাম কভু গাওয়ায়, নাচায় ।

গাহি, নাচি নাহি আমি আপন–ইচ্ছায় ॥ ৯৬ ॥

ei tāṅra vākye āmi dṛḍha viśvāsa dhari’

nirantara kṛṣṇa-nāma saṅkīrtana kari

Translation

“I firmly believe in these words of My spiritual master, and therefore I always chant the holy name of the Lord, alone and in the association of devotees. That holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa sometimes causes Me to chant and dance, and therefore I chant and dance. Please do not think that I intentionally do it. I do it automatically.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Chant With Faith in the Spiritual Master

  1. 1

    Firm faith in the spiritual master’s words is the basis for always chanting the holy name, alone and with devotees.

  2. 2

    The holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa sometimes causes chanting and dancing automatically, rather than through deliberate effort.

  3. 3

    The purport warns that one who abandons faith in the spiritual master’s words and acts independently never receives the authority to chant the holy name.

Key points from the purport
  • A person who cannot keep his faith in the words of his spiritual master but acts independently never receives the authority to chant the holy name of the Lord.
  • It is said in the Vedas (Śvetāśvatara Up.

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

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. eithis
  2. tāṅrahis (My spiritual master’s)
  3. vākyein the words of
  4. āmiI
  5. dṛḍhafirm
  6. viśvāsafaith
  7. dhari’depend
  8. nirantaraalways
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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: “chant”, “holy name”, “chanting”

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “association”

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 can faith in the spiritual master’s words guide my chanting?

Practice

Set aside a few minutes today to chant, remembering the importance of faith in the spiritual master’s instructions.

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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 todayChant With Faith in the Spiritual MasterThis 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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