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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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 1: Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Second Meeting with the Lord
Antya 1.121Antya 1.123

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.122

সবে বলে, — ‘নাম-মহিমা শুনিয়াছি অপার ।

এমন মাধুর্য কেহ নাহি বর্ণে আর ।।’ ১২২ ।। ॥ ১২২ ॥

sabe bale, — ‘nāma-mahimā śuniyāchi apāra

emana mādhurya keha nāhi varṇe āra’

Translation

Everyone admitted that although they had heard many statements glorifying the holy name of the Lord, they had never heard such sweet descriptions as those of Rūpa Gosvāmī.

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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.

An Unheard-of Sweetness in Glorifying the Name

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    Everyone had already heard many statements glorifying the holy name of the Lord.

  2. 2

    Yet they admitted that they had never heard descriptions as sweet as Rūpa Gosvāmī’s.

  3. 3

    Their response highlights the exceptional sweetness of his words about the holy name.

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:

Although he could not follow the Bengali devotees, after some time he also came to Jagannātha Purī, where he stayed with Haridāsa Ṭhākura. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī composed an important verse beginning with the words priyaḥ so ’yam, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu relished it very much.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sabe baleevery one of them said
  2. nāma-mahimāthe glories of chanting the holy name
  3. śuniyāchiwe have heard
  4. apāramany times
  5. emanathis kind of
  6. mādhuryasweetness
  7. kehasomeone
  8. nāhinot
  9. varṇedescribes
  10. āraelse
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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: “holy name”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might you listen freshly to the holy name’s glories, even when they seem familiar?

Practice

Copy one phrase from Rūpa Gosvāmī’s description of the holy name and read it slowly today.

Live this todayAn Unheard-of Sweetness in Glorifying the NameThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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