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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 16: The Lord’s Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana
Madhya 16.124Madhya 16.126

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.125

স্বগণ-সহিতে প্রভু প্রসাদ অঙ্গীকরি’ ।

উঠিয়া চলিলা প্রভু বলি’ ‘হরি’ ‘হরি’ ॥ ১২৫ ॥

svagaṇa-sahite prabhu prasāda aṅgīkari’

uṭhiyā calilā prabhu bali’ ‘hari’ ‘hari’

Translation

After accepting the prasādam, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stood up and started to go, chanting the holy names, “Hari! Hari!”

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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.

Chanting the Holy Names While Going

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted the prasādam.

  2. 2

    Afterward, He stood up and started to go.

  3. 3

    As He went, He chanted the holy names, “Hari! Hari!”

How it feels

Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.

The mood of Madhya 16 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 16: The Lord’s Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana

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

Questioned by the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma, Caitanya Mahāprabhu again repeated the symptoms of a Vaiṣṇava. Vidyānidhi also came to Jagannātha Purī and saw the festival of Oḍana-ṣaṣṭhī.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sva-gaṇa-sahitewith His personal associates
  2. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. prasādathe remnants of food
  4. aṅgīkari’accepting
  5. uṭhiyāstanding up
  6. calilāstarted
  7. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  8. bali’uttering
  9. hari hariHari, Hari
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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: “chanting”, “hari”, “chanted”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When could I chant the holy names during my movements today?

Practice

Chant “Hari! Hari!” as you walk from one place to another today.

Live this todayChanting the Holy Names While GoingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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