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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 17.209 Madhya 17.211

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.210

সৌন্দর্যং ললনালিধৈর্যদলনং লীলা রমাস্তম্ভিনী

বীর্যং কন্দুকিতাদ্রিবর্যমমলাঃ পারে-পরার্ধং গুণাঃ ।

শীলং সর্বজনানুরঞ্জনমহো যস্যায়মস্মৎপ্রভু-

র্বিশ্বং বিশ্বজনীনকীর্তিরবতাৎ কৃষ্ণো জগন্মোহনঃ ॥ ২১০ ॥

saundaryaṁ lalanāli-dhairya-dalanaṁ līlā ramā-stambhinī

vīryaṁ kandukitādri-varyam amalāḥ pāre-parārdhaṁ guṇāḥ

śīlaṁ sarva-janānurañjanam aho yasyāyam asmat-prabhur

viśvaṁ viśva-janīna-kīrtir avatāt kṛṣṇo jagan-mohanaḥ

Translation

The male parrot sang, “The glorification of Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is beneficial to everyone in the universe. His beauty is victorious over the gopīs of Vṛndāvana, and it subdues their patience. His pastimes astound the goddess of fortune, and His bodily strength turns Govardhana Hill into a small toy like a ball. His spotless qualities are unlimited, and His behavior satisfies everyone. Lord Kṛṣṇa is attractive to everyone. Oh, may our Lord maintain the whole universe!”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Glorifying Kṛṣṇa Benefits Everyone

1
The male parrot sang that glorifying Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, benefits everyone in the universe. Kṛṣṇa is attractive to everyone.
2
His beauty conquers the gopīs of Vṛndāvana and subdues their patience, while His pastimes astound the goddess of fortune. His bodily strength makes Govardhana Hill a small toy like a ball.
3
His spotless qualities are unlimited, and His behavior satisfies everyone. The parrot prays that the Lord may maintain the whole universe.

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:

Thereafter the Lord visited the twelve forests of Vṛndāvana and was filled with great ecstatic love. As He toured the Vṛndāvana forests, He heard the chirping of parrots and other birds.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in Madhya 17

Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

saundaryamthe bodily beauty
lalanā-āliof groups of gopīs
dhairyathe patience
dalanamsubduing
līlāpastimes
ramāthe goddess of fortune
stambhinīastounding
vīryamstrength

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”, “gopīs”, “govardhana”
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “to everyone”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which of Kṛṣṇa’s qualities praised by the parrot most draws your attention?

Practice

Read one of the parrot’s praises aloud today, then repeat his prayer that the Lord may maintain the whole universe.

Live this todayGlorifying Kṛṣṇa Benefits EveryoneThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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