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  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 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī
Madhya 19.52Madhya 19.54

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.53

নমো মহাবদান্যায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেমপ্রদায় তে ।

কৃষ্ণায় কৃষ্ণচৈতন্যনাম্নে গৌরত্বিষে নমঃ ॥ ৫৩ ॥

namo mahā-vadānyāya

kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya te

kṛṣṇāya kṛṣṇa-caitanya-

nāmne gaura-tviṣe namaḥ

Translation

“O most munificent incarnation! You are Kṛṣṇa Himself appearing as Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. You have assumed the golden color of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, and You are widely distributing pure love of Kṛṣṇa. We offer our respectful obeisances unto You.

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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.

Kṛṣṇa Himself Freely Gives Pure Love

  1. 1

    The brothers address Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the most munificent incarnation. He is Kṛṣṇa Himself.

  2. 2

    He has assumed the golden color of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.

  3. 3

    He is widely distributing pure love of Kṛṣṇa. The brothers offer Him their respectful obeisances.

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:

He was informed that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was going to Vṛndāvana from Jagannātha Purī through the forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa (Jharkhand); therefore he sent two people to Jagannātha Purī to find out when the Lord would leave for Vṛndāvana. In this way Rūpa Gosvāmī retired, but Sanātana Gosvāmī told the Nawab that he was sick and could not attend to his work.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. namaḥobeisances
  2. mahā-vadānyāyawho is most munificent and charitably disposed
  3. kṛṣṇa-premalove of Kṛṣṇa
  4. pradāyawho can give
  5. teunto You
  6. kṛṣṇāyathe original Personality of Godhead
  7. kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nāmneunder the name Kṛṣṇa Caitanya
  8. gaura-tviṣewhose complexion is the golden complexion of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
  9. namaḥobeisances
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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: “love of krsna”, “pure love”

  • 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: “distributing”

  • Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose

    The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “rādhārāṇī”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does knowing that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu freely distributes pure love of Kṛṣṇa shape my prayer?

Practice

Offer respectful obeisances to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu and ask for pure love of Kṛṣṇa.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

Quoted in 73 lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Quoted in 73 lectures

In each of these he quotes this verse while speaking on another verse or subject. "Find the quote" opens the transcript at that spot.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Himself Freely Gives Pure LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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