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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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 14: Performance of the Vṛndāvana Pastimes
Madhya 14.12Madhya 14.14

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.13

তব কথামৃতং তপ্তজীবনং, কবিভিরীড়িতং কল্মষাপহম্ ।

শ্রবণমঙ্গলং শ্রীমদাততং, ভুবি গৃণন্তি যে ভূরিদা জনাঃ ॥ ১৩ ॥

tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ

kavibhir īḍitaṁ kalmaṣāpaham

śravaṇa-maṅgalaṁ śrīmad-ātataṁ

bhuvi gṛṇanti ye bhūridā janāḥ

Translation

“ ‘My Lord, the nectar of Your words and the descriptions of Your activities are the life and soul of those who are always aggrieved in this material world. These narrations are transmitted by exalted personalities, and they eradicate all sinful reactions. Whoever hears these narrations attains all good fortune. These narrations are broadcast all over the world and are filled with spiritual power. Those who spread the message of Godhead are certainly the most munificent welfare workers.’”

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord’s Narrations Give Life

  1. 1

    The Lord’s words and descriptions of His activities are nectar. They are the life and soul of those aggrieved in this material world.

  2. 2

    Transmitted by exalted personalities, these narrations eradicate all sinful reactions. Whoever hears them attains all good fortune.

  3. 3

    These narrations are filled with spiritual power and broadcast throughout the world. Those who spread the message of Godhead are the most munificent welfare workers.

How it feels

Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.

The mood of Madhya 14 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 14: Performance of the Vṛndāvana Pastimes

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

He then took the opportunity to massage the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The Lord, in His ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, immediately embraced the King and thus bestowed mercy upon him.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tavaYour
  2. kathā-amṛtamthe nectar of words
  3. tapta-jīvanamlife for persons very much aggrieved in the material world
  4. kavibhiḥby greatly exalted persons
  5. īḍitamdescribed
  6. kalmaṣa-apahamthat which drives away all kinds of sinful reaction
  7. śravaṇa-maṅgalamgiving all spiritual benefit to anyone who hears
  8. śrī-matfilled with all spiritual power
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I make room today for the life-giving narrations of the Lord?

Practice

Share one sentence from this translation with someone willing to hear it.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Narrations Give LifeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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