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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 8.33

ওরে মূঢ় লোক, শুন চৈতন্যমঙ্গল ।

চৈতন্য–মহিমা যাতে জানিবে সকল ॥ ৩৩ ॥

ore mūḍha loka, śuna caitanya-maṅgala

caitanya-mahimā yāte jānibe sakala

Translation

O fools, just read Śrī Caitanya-maṅgala! By reading this book you can understand all the glories of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Read With Respect for Previous Ācāryas

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    The book called Śrī Caitanya-maṅgala here is Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura’s work, now known as Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata. It elaborately describes Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s life and reveals His glories.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī explains that his Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta describes what Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has not mentioned.

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    His acceptance of Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata shows acceptance of the disciplic succession. A writer of transcendental literature never tries to surpass the previous ācāryas.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrī Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura’s Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata was originally entitled Śrī Caitanya-maṅgala, but when Śrīla Locana dāsa Ṭhākura later wrote another book named Śrī Caitanya-maṅgala, Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura changed the name of his own book, which is now therefore known as Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata.
  • The life of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is very elaborately described in the Caitanya-bhāgavata, and Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī has already informed us that in his Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta he has described whatever Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has not mentioned.
  • This acceptance of Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī indicates his acceptance of the disciplic succession.

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

Vulnerability and obedience. Kavirāja writes by mercy and command rather than personal self-assertion.

The mood of Ādi 8 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 8: The Author Receives the Orders of Kṛṣṇa and Guru

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

In this chapter the glories of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda are described, and it is also stated that one who commits offenses in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra does not achieve love of Godhead, even after chanting for many years. In this connection, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura warns against artificial displays of the bodily symptoms called aṣṭa-sāttvika-vikāra.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 8
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. oreO all of you
  2. mūḍhafoolish
  3. lokapeople
  4. śunajust hear
  5. caitanya-maṅgalathe book of this name
  6. caitanyaLord Caitanya’s
  7. mahimāglories
  8. yātein which
  9. jānibeyou will know
  10. sakalaall
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “vṛndāvana”

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 can I learn from Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī’s respect for the work of a previous ācārya?

Practice

Read a short passage from Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata today to learn about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s glories.

Live this todayRead With Respect for Previous ĀcāryasThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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