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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 9: The Desire Tree of Devotional Service

Ādi 9.48 Ādi 9.50

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 9.49

মহা–মাদক প্রেমফল পেট ভরি’ খায় ।

মাতিল সকল লোক—হাসে, নাচে, গায় ॥ ৪৯ ॥

mahā-mādaka prema-phala peṭa bhari’ khāya

mātila sakala loka — hāse, nāce, gāya

Translation

The fruit of love of Godhead distributed by Caitanya Mahāprabhu is such a great intoxicant that anyone who eats it, filling his belly, immediately becomes maddened by it, and automatically he chants, dances, laughs and enjoys.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Love of Godhead Overflows in Joy

1
Caitanya Mahāprabhu distributes the fruit of love of Godhead.
2
This fruit is described as a powerful intoxicant: anyone who eats it fully becomes maddened by it.
3
One who relishes this fruit automatically chants, dances, laughs and enjoys.

How it feels

Overflowing generosity. The gardener distributes the fruits of love without restriction.

The mood of Ādi 9 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Ādi 9: The Desire Tree of Devotional Service

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

The tree surrounds the entire world, and the fruits of the tree are to be distributed to everyone. In this way the tree of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu intoxicates the entire world.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

mahā-mādakagreat intoxicant
prema-phalathis fruit of love of God
peṭabelly
bhari’filling
khāyalet them eat
mātilabecame mad
sakala lokaall the people in general
hāselaugh
nācedance
gāyachant

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

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”, “distributes”
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 godhead”
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: “chants”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this description show me about the joy of love of Godhead?

Practice

Spend a few moments chanting today while reflecting on the joy described in this verse.

Live this todayLove of Godhead Overflows in JoyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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