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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 Antya 1.100

শ্লোক শুনি’ হরিদাস হইলা উল্লাসী ।

নাচিতে লাগিলা শ্লোকের অর্থ প্রশংসি’ ॥ ১০০ ॥

śloka śuni haridāsa ha-ilā ullāsī

nācite lāgilā ślokera artha praśaṁsi’

Translation

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu chanted this verse, Haridāsa Ṭhākura, upon hearing the vibration, became jubilant and began to dance while praising its meaning.

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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.

Hearing the Holy Name’s Sweetness Brings Joy

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu chanted the verse describing the nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s holy name.

  2. 2

    Upon hearing its vibration, Haridāsa Ṭhākura became jubilant.

  3. 3

    Haridāsa Ṭhākura began to dance while praising the verse’s meaning.

How it feels

Recognition and encouragement. Rūpa’s devotional insight receives the Lord’s approval; even a dog receives mercy.

The mood of Antya 1 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 1: Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Second Meeting with the Lord

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

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī composed an important verse beginning with the words priyaḥ so ’yam, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu relished it very much. One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Rāmānanda Rāya, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and others went to the place of Haridāsa Ṭhākura and heard some of the verses Rūpa Gosvāmī had composed for his books Lalita-mādhava and Vidagdha-mādhava.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. śloka śuni’hearing this verse
  2. haridāsaHaridāsa Ṭhākura
  3. ha-ilā ullāsībecame very jubilant
  4. nācite lāgilāhe began to dance
  5. ślokeraof the verse
  6. artha praśaṁsi’praising the meaning
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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: “chanted”, “haridāsa”, “holy name”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might attending to this verse’s meaning deepen your appreciation of the holy name?

Practice

Read the verse about the holy name aloud and identify one phrase whose meaning you appreciate.

Live this todayHearing the Holy Name’s Sweetness Brings JoyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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