1 · Learn4 of 6 · 5 min
Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.81
এইমত বলভদ্র করেন স্তবন ।
প্রেমসেবা করি’ তুষ্ট কৈল প্রভুর মন ॥ ৮১ ॥
ei-mata balabhadra karena stavana
prema-sevā kari’ tuṣṭa kaila prabhura mana
In this way Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya offered his prayers to the Lord. By rendering service unto Him in ecstatic love, he pacified the Lord’s mind.
Read this verse on Vedabase.ioThis verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.
Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya offered his prayers to the Lord.
He rendered service to Him in ecstatic love.
Through this loving service, he pacified the Lord’s mind.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very pleased with the behavior of Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya. In this way the Lord passed through the jungle of Jhārikhaṇḍa (Jharkhand) and finally reached Vārāṇasī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”, “offered”
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”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can your prayer and service become more loving?
Offer one brief prayer today with the wish to please the Lord.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
Ask Caitanya CaritamrtaHave a question about CC Madhya 17.81? Get an answer from the verses themselves.