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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 14.71Madhya 14.73

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.72

কভু বক্রেশ্বরে, কভু আর ভক্তগণে ।

ত্রিসন্ধ্যা কীর্তন করে গুণ্ডিচা-প্রাঙ্গণে ॥ ৭২ ॥

kabhu vakreśvare, kabhu āra bhakta-gaṇe

trisandhyā kīrtana kare guṇḍicā-prāṅgaṇe

Translation

Sometimes Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu engaged Vakreśvara and other devotees in chanting and dancing. Three times daily — morning, noon and evening — He would perform saṅkīrtana in the yard of the Guṇḍicā temple.

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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.

Saṅkīrtana Morning, Noon, and Evening

  1. 1

    Sometimes Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu engaged Vakreśvara and other devotees in chanting and dancing.

  2. 2

    He performed saṅkīrtana three times daily: morning, noon and evening.

  3. 3

    This saṅkīrtana took place in the yard of the Guṇḍicā temple.

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:

Near the Guṇḍicā temple is a place known as Āiṭoṭā. This place was fixed up for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to rest in.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kabhu vakreśvaresometimes Vakreśvara Paṇḍita
  2. kabhusometimes
  3. āra bhakta-gaṇeother devotees
  4. tri-sandhyāthree times (morning, evening and noon)
  5. kīrtana kareperforms kīrtana
  6. guṇḍicā-prāṅgaṇein the yard of the Guṇḍicā temple
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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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might regular times for chanting shape your day?

Practice

Choose one time today—morning, noon or evening—and spend a few minutes chanting.

Live this todaySaṅkīrtana Morning, Noon, and EveningThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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