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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 21: The Opulence and Sweetness of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Madhya 21.109Madhya 21.111

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.110

মাধুর্য ভগবত্তা-সার,     ব্রজে কৈল পরচার,

তাহা শুক — ব্যাসের নন্দন ।

স্থানে স্থানে ভাগবতে,     বর্ণিয়াছে জানাইতে,

তাহা শুনি’ মাতে ভক্তগণ ॥ ১১০ ॥

mādhurya bhagavattā-sāra, vraje kaila paracāra,

tāhā śuka — vyāsera nandana

sthāne sthāne bhāgavate, varṇiyāche jānāite,

tāhā śuni’ māte bhakta-gaṇa

Translation

“The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, is full in all six opulences, including His attractive beauty, which engages Him in conjugal love with the gopīs. Such sweetness is the quintessence of His qualities. Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the son of Vyāsadeva, has described these pastimes of Kṛṣṇa throughout Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Hearing the descriptions, the devotees become mad with love of God.”

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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.

Hearing Kṛṣṇa’s Sweetness Awakens Love

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is full in all six opulences. His attractive beauty engages Him in conjugal love with the gopīs.

  2. 2

    This sweetness is the quintessence—the very essence—of His qualities.

  3. 3

    Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the son of Vyāsadeva, describes these pastimes throughout Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Hearing these descriptions, devotees become mad with love of God.

How it feels

Awe becoming attraction. The Lord’s vast opulence is placed beside the intimate sweetness of Kṛṣṇa.

The mood of Madhya 21 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 21: The Opulence and Sweetness of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa

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

In this chapter the author of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta has presented some nice poems about the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa’s superexcellent beauty. Throughout the rest of the chapter, our intimate relationship ( sambandha ) with Kṛṣṇa is described.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 21
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. mādhuryasweetness
  2. bhagavattā-sārathe quintessence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  3. vrajein Vṛndāvana
  4. kailadid
  5. paracārapropagation
  6. tāhāthat
  7. śukaŚukadeva Gosvāmī
  8. vyāsera nandanathe son of Vyāsadeva
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “conjugal”

  • 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”

  • 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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might the devotees’ response encourage you to hear descriptions of Kṛṣṇa attentively?

Practice

Read this translation aloud slowly, listening carefully to its description of Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness.

Live this todayHearing Kṛṣṇa’s Sweetness Awakens LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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