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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 3: The Glories of Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura
Antya 3.178Antya 3.180

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.179

এবংব্রতঃ স্বপ্রিয়নামকীর্ত্যা জাতানুরাগো দ্রুতচিত্ত উচ্চৈঃ ।

হসত্যথো রোদিতি রৌতি গায়- ত্যুন্মাদবন্নৃত্যতি লোকবাহ্যঃ ॥ ১৭৯ ॥

evaṁ-vrataḥ sva-priya-nāma-kīrtyā

jātānurāgo druta-citta uccaiḥ

hasaty atho roditi rauti gāyaty

unmāda-van nṛtyati loka-bāhyaḥ

Translation

“ ‘When a person is actually advanced and takes pleasure in chanting the holy name of the Lord, who is very dear to him, he is agitated and loudly chants the holy name. He also laughs, cries, becomes agitated and chants just like a madman, not caring for outsiders.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Deep Love Overflows in Chanting

  1. 1

    An actually advanced person takes pleasure in chanting the holy name of the Lord, who is very dear to him.

  2. 2

    Such a person loudly chants, laughs, cries and becomes agitated. The verse describes these expressions in one who is actually advanced.

  3. 3

    Absorbed in chanting, he appears like a madman and does not care for outsiders.

Key points from the purport
  • For an explanation of this verse (Bhāg. 11.2.40) one may consult chapter seven, text 94, of the Ādi-līlā.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Antya 3.179 quotesSB 11.2.40

For an explanation of this verse one may consult chapter seven, text 94, of the Ādi-līlā.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Steadfast compassion. Haridāsa’s spiritual conviction and the reach of the holy name confront prejudice and temptation.

The mood of Antya 3 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 3: The Glories of Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura

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

A person named Rāmacandra Khān, who was envious of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, sent a professional prostitute to attempt to defame him, but by the mercy of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, even the prostitute was delivered. Because of offending a pure Vaiṣṇava, Rāmacandra Khān was later cursed by Nityānanda Prabhu and ruined.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 3
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. evam-vrataḥwhen one thus engages in the vow to chant and dance
  2. svaown
  3. priyavery dear
  4. nāmaholy name
  5. kīrtyāby chanting
  6. jātain this way develops
  7. anurāgaḥattachment
  8. druta-cittaḥvery eagerly
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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”

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

What does this description help me appreciate about the depth of love expressed through chanting?

Practice

Read the verse slowly, then spend a few minutes chanting with your attention on the Lord rather than on how others see you.

Live this todayDeep Love Overflows in ChantingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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