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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 23: Life’s Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead
Madhya 23.40Madhya 23.42

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.41

এবংব্রতঃ স্বপ্রিয়নামকীর্ত্যা

জাতানুরাগো দ্রুতচিত্ত উচ্চৈঃ ।

হসত্যথো রোদিতি রৌতি গায়-

ত্যুন্মাদবন্নৃত্যতি লোকবাহ্যঃ ॥ ৪১ ॥

evaṁ-vrataḥ sva-priya-nāma-kīrtyā

jātānurāgo druta-citta uccaiḥ

hasaty atho roditi rauti gāyaty

unmāda-van nṛtyati loka-bāhyaḥ

Translation

“ ‘When a person is actually advanced and takes pleasure in chanting the holy name of the Lord, who is very dear to him, he is agitated and loudly chants the holy name. He also laughs, cries, becomes agitated and chants just like a madman, not caring for outsiders.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Taking Pleasure in the Holy Name

  1. 1

    An actually advanced person takes pleasure in chanting the holy name of the Lord, who is very dear to him.

  2. 2

    He becomes agitated and chants the holy name loudly.

  3. 3

    He laughs, cries and chants like a madman, not caring for outsiders.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 23.41 quotesSB 11.2.40

This verse is quoted from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.2.40).

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

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:

In this chapter Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu describes the symptoms of emotion and love and the awakening of one’s original loving relationship with the Lord, as well as the characteristics of a devotee who has actually attained that stage. He then describes the gradual increase of love of God up to the point of mahābhāva.
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. evam-vrataḥwhen one thus engages in a vow to chant and dance
  2. svaown
  3. priyavery dear
  4. nāmathe holy name
  5. kīrtyāby chanting
  6. jātain this way develops
  7. anurāgaḥattachment
  8. druta-cittaḥvery eagerly
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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: “chanting”, “holy name”

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 connection does this verse show between the Lord being dear to someone and pleasure in chanting?

Practice

Set aside a short time today to chant the Lord’s holy name, reflecting on holding Him dear.

Live this todayTaking Pleasure in the Holy NameThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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