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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 16: The Lord’s Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana

Madhya 16.169 Madhya 16.171

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.170

‘বিশ্বাস’ আসিয়া প্রভুর চরণ বন্দিল ।

‘কৃষ্ণ’ ‘কৃষ্ণ’ কহি’ প্রেমে বিহ্বল হইল ॥ ১৭০ ॥

‘viśvāsa’ āsiyā prabhura caraṇa vandila

‘kṛṣṇa’ ‘kṛṣṇa’ kahi’ preme vihvala ha-ila

Translation

The Muslim secretary came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. When he offered his respects to the Lord’s lotus feet and uttered the holy name of the Lord, “Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa,” he also was overwhelmed with ecstatic love.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Respect and Chanting Accompany Ecstatic Love

1
The Muslim secretary came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
2
He offered his respects to the Lord’s lotus feet and uttered, “Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa.”
3
He too became overwhelmed with ecstatic love.

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

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

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

When the devotees bade farewell to the Lord, the Lord was determined to go to Vṛndāvana, and on the day of Vijaya-daśamī, He departed. Mahārāja Pratāparudra made various arrangements for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s trip to Vṛndāvana.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

viśvāsathe secretary
āsiyācoming
prabhuraof Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
caraṇathe lotus feet
vandilaworshiped
kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇathe holy name of the Lord, “Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa”
kahi’uttering
premein ecstasy
vihvalaoverwhelmed
ha-ilabecame

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

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: “ecstatic love”
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: “holy name”
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lotus feet”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might you bring a more respectful attitude to uttering the Lord’s holy name?

Practice

Offer your respects to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and softly say, “Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa.”

Live this todayRespect and Chanting Accompany Ecstatic LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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