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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 Madhya 11.241

যাবৎ আছিলা সবে মহাপ্রভু-সঙ্গে ।

প্রতিদিন এইমত করে কীর্তন-রঙ্গে ॥ ২৪১ ॥

yāvat āchilā sabe mahāprabhu-saṅge

prati-dina ei-mata kare kīrtana-raṅge

Translation

As long as the devotees remained at Jagannātha Purī with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the pastime of saṅkīrtana was performed with great jubilation every day.

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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.

Daily Saṅkīrtana with Great Jubilation

  1. 1

    The devotees remained at Jagannātha Purī with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    Throughout their stay, the pastime of saṅkīrtana was performed every day.

  3. 3

    This daily saṅkīrtana was filled with great jubilation.

How it feels

Communal anticipation. Arriving devotees, kīrtana, and longing to meet the Lord converge.

The mood of Madhya 11 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 11: The Beḍā-kīrtana Pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

After this, the Lord began performing saṅkīrtana, dividing all the devotees into four groups. After saṅkīrtana, all the devotees left for their residential quarters.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. yāvatso long
  2. āchilāremained
  3. sabeall the devotees
  4. mahāprabhu-saṅgealong with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  5. prati-dinaevery day
  6. ei-matain this way
  7. kareperformed
  8. kīrtana-raṅgesaṅkīrtana in great pleasure
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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: “saṅkīrtana”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How could you make room for joyful saṅkīrtana in your day?

Practice

Take a few minutes today to join others in saṅkīrtana.

Live this todayDaily Saṅkīrtana with Great JubilationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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