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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 11.88

গোবিন্দ, মাধব ঘোষ, এই বাসুঘোষ ।

তিন ভাইর কীর্তনে প্রভু পায়েন সন্তোষ ॥ ৮৮ ॥

govinda, mādhava ghoṣa, ei vāsu-ghoṣa

tina bhāira kīrtane prabhu pāyena santoṣa

Translation

“Here also are Govinda Ghoṣa, Mādhava Ghoṣa and Vāsudeva Ghoṣa. They are three brothers, and their saṅkīrtana, congregational chanting, pleases the Lord very much.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Congregational Chanting Pleases the Lord

  1. 1

    Govinda Ghoṣa, Mādhava Ghoṣa and Vāsudeva Ghoṣa are three brothers. Their saṅkīrtana, congregational chanting, pleases the Lord very much.

  2. 2

    Govinda Ghoṣa belonged to the kāyastha dynasty of the Uttara-rāḍhīya section and was known as Ghoṣa Ṭhākura. A fair at Agradvīpa, near Katwa, is named after him.

  3. 3

    Vāsudeva Ghoṣa composed many nice songs about Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. These are authorized Vaiṣṇava songs, like those of other great Vaiṣṇavas.

Key points from the purport
  • Govinda Ghoṣa belonged to the kāyastha dynasty of the Uttara-rāḍhīya section, and he was known as Ghoṣa Ṭhākura.
  • Even to the present day there is a place named Agradvīpa, near Katwa, where a fair takes place and is named after Ghoṣa Ṭhākura.
  • As far as Vāsudeva Ghoṣa is concerned, he composed many nice songs about Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and these are all authorized Vaiṣṇava songs, like the songs of Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, Locana dāsa Ṭhākura, Govinda dāsa Ṭhākura and other great Vaiṣṇavas.

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

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:

While Advaita Ācārya and the other devotees were coming to Jagannātha Purī, Svarūpa Dāmodara and Govinda, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s two personal assistants, went to receive all the devotees with garlands. From the roof of his palace, King Pratāparudra could see all the devotees arriving.
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. govindaGovinda Ghoṣa
  2. mādhava ghoṣaMādhava Ghoṣa
  3. eithis
  4. vāsu-ghoṣaVāsudeva Ghoṣa
  5. tina bhāiraof the three brothers
  6. kīrtanein the saṅkīrtana
  7. prabhuthe Lord
  8. pāyena santoṣagets very much 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”, “chanting”, “congregational”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might remembering the Lord's pleasure shape your participation in congregational chanting?

Practice

Spend a few minutes chanting with someone today, remembering that saṅkīrtana pleases the Lord.

Live this todayCongregational Chanting Pleases the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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