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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 17.213 Madhya 17.215

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.214

বংশীধারী জগন্নারী-চিত্তহারী স শারিকে ।

বিহারী গোপনারীভির্জীয়ান্মদনমোহনঃ ॥ ২১৪ ॥

vaṁśī-dhārī jagan-nārī-

citta-hārī sa śārike

vihārī gopa-nārībhir

jīyān madana-mohanaḥ

Translation

The male parrot then said, “My dear śārī [female parrot], Śrī Kṛṣṇa carries a flute and enchants the hearts of all women throughout the universe. He is specifically the enjoyer of the beautiful gopīs, and He is the enchanter of Cupid also. Let Him be glorified!”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Glorify Kṛṣṇa, the Enchanter of Cupid

1
Śrī Kṛṣṇa carries a flute and enchants the hearts of all women throughout the universe.
2
He is specifically the enjoyer of the beautiful gopīs.
3
He also enchants Cupid, and the male parrot calls for Him to be glorified.

Key points from the purport

This verse is also found in the Govinda-līlāmṛta (13.31).

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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:

He bestowed His blessings upon the brāhmaṇa by accepting lunch at his place. Thereafter the Lord visited the twelve forests of Vṛndāvana and was filled with great ecstatic love.

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

Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

vaṁśī-dhārīthe carrier of the flute
jagat-nārīof all women of the universe
citta-hārīthe stealer of the hearts
saḥHe
śārikemy dear śārī
vihārīenjoyer
gopa-nārībhiḥwith the gopīs
jīyātlet Him be glorified
madanaof Cupid
mohanaḥthe enchanter

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: “gopīs”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which part of the male parrot’s praise helps you appreciate Kṛṣṇa’s attraction?

Practice

Read the parrot’s praise aloud, ending attentively with “Let Him be glorified!”

Live this todayGlorify Kṛṣṇa, the Enchanter of CupidThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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