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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 18: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Visit to Śrī Vṛndāvana
Madhya 18.124Madhya 18.126

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.125

যন্নামধেয়-শ্রবণানুকীর্তনাদ্

যৎপ্রহ্বণাদ্‌যত্স্মরণাদপি ক্বচিৎ ।

শ্বাদোঽপি সদ্যঃ সবনায় কল্পতে

কুতঃ পুনস্তে ভগবন্নু দর্শনাৎ ॥ ১২৫ ॥

yan-nāmadheya-śravaṇānukīrtanād

yat-prahvaṇād yat-smaraṇād api kvacit

śvādo ’pi sadyaḥ savanāya kalpate

kutaḥ punas te bhagavan nu darśanāt

Translation

“ ‘To say nothing of the spiritual advancement of persons who see the Supreme Person face to face, even a person born in a family of dog-eaters becomes immediately eligible to perform Vedic sacrifices if he once utters the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead or chants about Him, hears about His pastimes, offers Him obeisances or even remembers Him.’

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Remembering the Supreme Person Grants Spiritual Eligibility

  1. 1

    Even someone born in a family of dog-eaters becomes immediately eligible to perform Vedic sacrifices through contact with the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    The verse names uttering His holy name even once, chanting about Him, hearing His pastimes, offering Him obeisances or simply remembering Him.

  3. 3

    If these acts bring such spiritual advancement, how much more can be said of seeing the Supreme Person face to face?

Key points from the purport
  • For an explanation of this verse (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.33.6), see Madhya-līlā, chapter 16, text 186.

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

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 18.125 quotesSB 3.33.6

For an explanation of this verse (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.33.6), see Madhya-līlā, chapter 16, text 186.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Overwhelmed recognition. Seeing the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes evokes extraordinary remembrance and ecstasy.

The mood of Madhya 18 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 18: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Visit to Śrī Vṛndāvana

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

In this way, their Kṛṣṇa consciousness was awakened, and they could understand that a sannyāsī is simply a living entity and not the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took His bath at Akrūra-ghāṭa, He submerged Himself in the water for a long time.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. yatof whom
  2. nāmadheyaof the name
  3. śravaṇafrom hearing
  4. anukīrtanātand thereafter from chanting
  5. yatto whom
  6. prahvaṇātfrom offering respects
  7. yatof whom
  8. smaraṇātfrom simply remembering
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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: “chants”, “holy name”, “chanting”

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

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which of these simple ways of turning toward the Supreme Personality of Godhead can I take up today?

Practice

Offer one deliberate obeisance to the Supreme Personality of Godhead today.

Live this todayRemembering the Supreme Person Grants Spiritual EligibilityThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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