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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 15: The Lord Accepts Prasādam at the House of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya

Madhya 15.108 Madhya 15.110

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.109

অনুষঙ্গ-ফলে করে সংসারের ক্ষয় ।

চিত্ত আকর্ষিয়া করায় কৃষ্ণে প্রেমোদয় ॥ ১০৯ ॥

anuṣaṅga-phale kare saṁsārera kṣaya

citta ākarṣiyā karāya kṛṣṇe premodaya

Translation

“By chanting the holy name of the Lord, one dissolves his entanglement in material activities. After this, one becomes very much attracted to Kṛṣṇa, and thus dormant love for Kṛṣṇa is awakened.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Chanting Awakens Dormant Love for Kṛṣṇa

1
Chanting the Lord’s holy name dissolves one’s entanglement in material activities.
2
After this, one becomes very much attracted to Kṛṣṇa.
3
Through chanting, dormant love for Kṛṣṇa is awakened.

How it feels

Festive affection and reconciliation. Festivals, reciprocal hospitality, and the deliverance of Amogha show affectionate grace.

The mood of Madhya 15 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Madhya 15: The Lord Accepts Prasādam at the House of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya

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

The devotees all became soldiers of Lord Rāmacandra, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, in the ecstasy of Hanumān, manifested various transcendentally blissful activities. Thereafter, the Lord and His devotees observed various other ceremonies.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

anuṣaṅga-phaleas a simultaneous result
karedoes
saṁsārera kṣayaannihilation of entanglement in the material world
cittathought
ākarṣiyāattracting
karāyacauses
kṛṣṇeunto Lord Kṛṣṇa
prema-udayaarousal of transcendental love

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: “chanting”, “holy name”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love for krsna”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What would it mean for me to seek awakened love for Kṛṣṇa through chanting?

Practice

Spend one quiet minute chanting the holy name with the desire to awaken love for Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayChanting Awakens Dormant Love for KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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