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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 23: Life’s Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead
Madhya 23.32Madhya 23.34

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.33

রোদনবিন্দুমরন্দ-স্যন্দি-দৃগিন্দীবরাদ্য গোবিন্দ ।

তব মধুরস্বরকণ্ঠী গায়তি নামাবলীং বালা ॥ ৩৩ ॥

rodana-bindu-maranda-syandi-dṛg-indīvarādya govinda

tava madhura-svara-kaṇṭhī gāyati nāmāvalīṁ bālā

Translation

“ ‘O Govinda, this youthful girl named Rādhikā is today constantly pouring forth tears like nectar falling from flowers as She sings Your holy names in a sweet voice.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Rādhikā Sings Govinda’s Holy Names

  1. 1

    The prayer addresses Govinda and describes the youthful girl Rādhikā.

  2. 2

    Rādhikā sings His holy names in a sweet voice.

  3. 3

    As She sings, She constantly pours forth tears, compared to nectar falling from flowers.

How it feels

Theological emotional crescendo. Bhāva, prema, the devotional rasas, and mahābhāva are systematically expounded.

The mood of Madhya 23 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 23: Life’s Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead

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

He also describes the mellow derived from conjugal love, which is the supreme emotion. Conjugal love is divided into two categories — svakīya and parakīya.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 23
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. rodana-binduwith teardrops
  2. marandalike the nectar or juice of flowers
  3. syandipouring
  4. dṛk-indīvarāwhose lotus eyes
  5. adyatoday
  6. govindaO my Lord Govinda
  7. tavaYour
  8. madhura-svara-kaṇṭhīwho has a very sweet voice
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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: “rādhikā”

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

What touches you about this description of Rādhikā singing Govinda’s names?

Practice

Take a moment today to sing Govinda’s holy names softly.

Live this todayRādhikā Sings Govinda’s Holy NamesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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