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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 9.50

কেহ গড়াগড়ি যায়, কেহ ত’ হুঙ্কার ।

দেখি’ আনন্দিত হঞা হাসে মালাকার ॥ ৫০ ।

keha gaḍāgaḍi yāya, keha ta’ huṅkāra

dekhi’ ānandita hañā hāse mālākāra

Translation

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the great gardener, sees that people are chanting, dancing and laughing and that some of them are rolling on the floor and some are making loud humming sounds, He smiles with great pleasure.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotional Celebration Pleases Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu smiles with great pleasure when He sees people chanting, dancing, laughing and expressing their joy.

  2. 2

    The purport describes Sunday love feasts where people chant, dance, take prasādam, become jubilant and purchase books. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is present in these transcendental activities and is pleased.

  3. 3

    Members of ISKCON are urged to increase the movement according to its established principles. His pleased glance and favor bring success to the movement.

Key points from the purport
  • This attitude of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is very important for persons engaged in the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
  • In every center of our institution, ISKCON, we have arranged for a love feast every Sunday, and when we actually see people come to our center, chant, dance, take prasādam, become jubilant and purchase books, we know that certainly Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is always present in such transcendental activities, and He is very pleased and satisfied.
  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, thus being pleased, will smilingly glance upon them, bestowing His favor, and the movement will be successful.

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

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

Further reading

Ādi 9: The Desire Tree of Devotional Service

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

In this way the tree of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu intoxicates the entire world. It should be noted that this is a figurative example meant to explain the mission of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 9
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kehasome of them
  2. gaḍāgaḍi yāyaroll on the floor
  3. kehasome of them
  4. ta’certainly
  5. huṅkārahum very loudly
  6. dekhi’seeing this
  7. ānanditagladdened
  8. hañābecoming so
  9. hāsesmiles
  10. mālā-kārathe great gardener
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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”

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “favor”

  • 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”

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 I help others take part in devotional activities that please Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?

Practice

Invite someone today to a Sunday love feast where they can chant and take prasādam.

Live this todayDevotional Celebration Pleases Śrī Caitanya MahāprabhuThis 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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