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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 17: The Lord Travels to Vṛndāvana

Madhya 17.161 Madhya 17.163

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.162

যাঁহার দর্শনে লোকে প্রেমে মত্ত হঞা ।

হাসে, কান্দে, নাচে, গায়, কৃষ্ণনাম লঞা ॥ ১৬২ ॥

yāṅhāra darśane loke preme matta hañā

hāse, kānde, nāce, gāya, kṛṣṇa-nāma lañā

Translation

The people said, “Simply by seeing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, everyone is maddened with love of Kṛṣṇa. Indeed, everyone is laughing, crying, dancing, chanting and taking the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Seeing Him Awakens Love of Kṛṣṇa

1
The people said that simply seeing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu maddened everyone with love of Kṛṣṇa.
2
They described everyone as laughing, crying and dancing.
3
Everyone was also chanting and taking the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.

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

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.

yāṅhāra darśaneby seeing whom
lokepeople
premein love
matta hañābecoming mad
hāselaugh
kāndecry
nācedance
gāyachant
kṛṣṇa-nāma lañātaking the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa

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”
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: “love of krsna”
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “crying”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What impresses you about the effect of seeing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?

Practice

Take a quiet minute today to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todaySeeing Him Awakens Love of KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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