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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 15.17 Madhya 15.19

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.18

দধিদুগ্ধ-ভার সবে নিজ-স্কন্ধে করি’ ।

মহোত্সব-স্থানে আইলা বলি ‘হরি’ ‘হরি’ ॥ ১৮ ॥

dadhi-dugdha-bhāra sabe nija-skandhe kari’

mahotsava-sthāne āilā bali ‘hari’ ‘hari’

Translation

Having dressed up like cowherd boys, all the devotees carried pots of milk and yogurt balanced on rods over their shoulders. Thus they all arrived at the festival grounds chanting the holy name of Hari.

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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.

Arriving Together While Chanting Hari’s Name

1
All the devotees dressed like cowherd boys.
2
They carried pots of milk and yogurt balanced on rods over their shoulders.
3
They arrived at the festival grounds chanting the holy name of Hari.

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:

When Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees performed the Nandotsava ceremony, the Lord dressed Himself as a cowherd boy. Thus the ceremony was very jubilant.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

dadhi-dugdhaof milk and yogurt
bhāracarriers
sabeall of them
nija-skandheon their shoulders
kari’keeping
mahotsava-sthāneto the place of the festival
āilācame
bali hari harichanting “Hari, Hari.”

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”, “hari”
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “festival”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “cowherd”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How could chanting the holy name accompany your movements today?

Practice

Chant the holy name of Hari during a short walk today.

Live this todayArriving Together While Chanting Hari’s NameThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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