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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 17: The Lord Travels to Vṛndāvana
Madhya 17.130Madhya 17.132

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.131

‘নাম’, ‘বিগ্রহ’, ‘স্বরূপ’ — তিন একরূপ ।

তিনে ‘ভেদ’ নাহি, — তিন ‘চিদানন্দ-রূপ’ ॥ ১৩১ ॥

‘nāma’, ‘vigraha’, ‘svarūpa’ — tina eka-rūpa

tine ‘bheda’ nāhi, — tina ‘cid-ānanda-rūpa’

Translation

“The Lord’s holy name, His form and His personality are all one and the same. There is no difference between them. Since all of them are absolute, they are all transcendentally blissful.

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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.

The Lord’s Name, Form and Personality Are One

  1. 1

    The Lord’s holy name, His form and His personality are one and the same.

  2. 2

    There is no difference between them; all are absolute.

  3. 3

    His name, form and personality are all transcendentally blissful.

How it feels

Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.

The mood of Madhya 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 17: The Lord Travels to Vṛndāvana

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

The Maharashtriyan brāhmaṇa was very sorry about this, and he brought the news to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, inquiring from Him why the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs did not utter the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. In reply, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that they were offenders and that one should not associate with them.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. nāmathe name
  2. vigrahaform
  3. svarūpapersonality
  4. tinaall three
  5. eka-rūpaone and the same
  6. tinebetween the three
  7. bheda nāhithere is no difference
  8. tinaall three
  9. cit-ānanda-rūpatranscendentally blissful
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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: “holy name”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might remembering this oneness deepen your approach to the Lord’s holy name?

Practice

Repeat the Lord’s holy name slowly today, remembering that His name and His personality are one.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Name, Form and Personality Are OneThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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