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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 1.63

প্রসাদ খায়, ‘হরি’ বলে সর্বভক্তজন ।

দেখি’ হরিদাস-রূপের হরষিত মন ॥ ৬৩ ॥

prasāda khāya, ‘hari’ bale sarva-bhakta-jana

dekhi’ haridāsa-rūpera haraṣita mana

Translation

When Haridāsa Ṭhākura and Rūpa Gosvāmī saw that all the devotees were accepting prasādam and chanting the holy name of Hari, they both were greatly pleased.

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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.

Joy in Others’ Chanting and Prasādam

  1. 1

    Haridāsa Ṭhākura and Rūpa Gosvāmī saw all the devotees accepting prasādam.

  2. 2

    The devotees were also chanting the holy name of Hari.

  3. 3

    Seeing these devotional activities greatly pleased both Haridāsa Ṭhākura and Rūpa Gosvāmī.

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.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 1
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prasāda khāyaeat the prasādam
  2. hari balechant the holy name of Hari
  3. sarva-bhakta-janaall the devotees
  4. dekhi’seeing this
  5. haridāsaof Haridāsa Ṭhākura
  6. rūperaand of Rūpa Gosvāmī
  7. haraṣitajubilant
  8. manathe minds
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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”, “holy name”, “haridāsa”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I take pleasure in seeing others chant the holy name and accept prasādam?

Practice

Chant the holy name of Hari today, remembering the joy this brought to Haridāsa Ṭhākura and Rūpa Gosvāmī.

Live this todayJoy in Others’ Chanting and PrasādamThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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