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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 13.77

নমো ব্রহ্মণ্যদেবায় গোব্রাহ্মণহিতায় চ ।

জগদ্ধিতায় কৃষ্ণায় গোবিন্দায় নমো নমঃ ॥ ৭৭ ॥

namo brahmaṇya-devāya

go-brāhmaṇa-hitāya ca

jagad-dhitāya kṛṣṇāya

govindāya namo namaḥ

Translation

“ ‘Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is the worshipable Deity for all brahminical men, who is the well-wisher of cows and brāhmaṇas, and who is always benefiting the whole world. I offer my repeated obeisances to the Personality of Godhead, known as Kṛṣṇa and Govinda.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Benefits the Whole World

  1. 1

    This prayer is quoted from the Viṣṇu Purāṇa.

  2. 2

    Lord Kṛṣṇa is the worshipable Deity for all brahminical men and the well-wisher of cows and brāhmaṇas.

  3. 3

    He is always benefiting the whole world. The prayer offers repeated obeisances to the Personality of Godhead, known as Kṛṣṇa and Govinda.

Key points from the purport
  • This is a quotation from the Viṣṇu Purāṇa (1.19.65).

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

Public ecstasy with inward longing. The festival’s collective joy carries the profound Vraja mood of meeting and separation.

The mood of Madhya 13 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 13: The Ecstatic Dancing of the Lord at Ratha-yātrā

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

Lord Jagannātha took permission from the goddess of fortune and then started in the car for the Guṇḍicā temple. The road to the temple led along a broad, sandy beach, and on both sides of the road were residential quarters, houses and gardens.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 13
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. namaḥall obeisances
  2. brahmaṇya-devāyato the Lord worshipable by persons in brahminical culture
  3. go-brāhmaṇafor cows and brāhmaṇas
  4. hitāyabeneficial
  5. caalso
  6. jagat-hitāyato one who always is benefiting the whole world
  7. kṛṣṇāyaunto Kṛṣṇa
  8. govindāyaunto Govinda
  9. namaḥ namaḥrepeated obeisances
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does remembering Kṛṣṇa as the world’s well-wisher shape my prayer?

Practice

Read this prayer aloud once, offering respectful obeisances to Kṛṣṇa and Govinda.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

Quoted in 1 lecture. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Quoted in 1 lecture

In each of these he quotes this verse while speaking on another verse or subject. "Find the quote" opens the transcript at that spot.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Benefits the Whole WorldThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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