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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 15.3

জয় শ্রীচৈতন্যচরিতামৃত-শ্রোতাগণ ।

চৈতন্যচরিতামৃত — যাঁর প্রাণধন ॥ ৩ ॥

jaya śrī-caitanya-caritāmṛta-srotā-gaṇa

caitanya-caritāmṛta — yāṅra prāṇa-dhana

Translation

All glories to the listeners of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta who have accepted it as their life and soul!

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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.

Accept Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta as Life and Soul

  1. 1

    The verse offers all glories to the listeners of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta.

  2. 2

    These listeners have accepted Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta as their life and soul.

  3. 3

    The praise honors their deep attachment to what they hear.

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

Further reading

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

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

The following summary of this chapter is given by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. After the Ratha-yātrā festival, Śrī Advaita Ācārya Prabhu worshiped Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with flowers and tulasī.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. jayaall glories
  2. śrī-caitanya-caritāmṛta-śrotā-gaṇato the listeners of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
  3. caitanya-caritāmṛtaCaitanya-caritāmṛta
  4. yāṅraof whom
  5. prāṇa-dhanathe life and soul
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What would it mean for you to treasure Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta as your life and soul?

Practice

Listen attentively to one translation from Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta today.

Live this todayAccept Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta as Life and SoulThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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