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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.131

কভু ভক্তিরসশাস্ত্র করয়ে লিখন ।

চৈতন্যকথা শুনে, করে চৈতন্য-চিন্তন ॥” ১৩১ ॥

kabhu bhakti-rasa-śāstra karaye likhana

caitanya-kathā śune, kare caitanya-cintana”

Translation

“Sometimes they write transcendental literatures about devotional service, and sometimes they hear about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and spend their time thinking about the Lord.”

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Writing, Hearing, and Remembering the Lord

  1. 1

    Sometimes they write transcendental literatures about devotional service.

  2. 2

    Sometimes they hear about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  3. 3

    They spend their time thinking about the Lord.

How it feels

Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.

The mood of Madhya 19 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī

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

During this time, Vallabha Bhaṭṭa extended an invitation to the Lord with great respect. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu introduced Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī to Vallabha Bhaṭṭa.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kabhusometimes
  2. bhakti-rasa-śāstratranscendental literatures about the mellows of devotional service
  3. karaye likhanawrite
  4. caitanya-kathātalks about the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  5. śunethey hear
  6. karedo
  7. caitanya-cintanathinking of Lord Caitanya
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Key ideas in this 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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How could hearing about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu help you spend time thinking about the Lord?

Practice

Read this translation aloud, then spend one minute thinking about the Lord.

Live this todayWriting, Hearing, and Remembering the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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