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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.261
তুলসী-পরিক্রমা কর, তুলসী-সেবন ।
নিরন্তর কৃষ্ণনাম করিহ কীর্তন ॥ ২৬১ ॥
tulasī-parikramā kara, tulasī-sevana
nirantara kṛṣṇa-nāma kariha kīrtana
“ ‘After planting the tulasī tree before your house, you should daily circumambulate that tulasī plant, serve her by giving her water and other things, and continuously chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.’
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Nārada Muni instructed the hunter to circumambulate tulasī daily, serve her with water and other offerings, and continuously chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
The purport calls this the beginning of spiritual life. Strictly following the spiritual master’s instructions brings vigorous spiritual advancement and success in due course of time.
Devotional service can be practiced in a cave, a cottage, a palace, or a large city. Following the regulative principles, worshiping tulasī, and continuously chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra can be taught anywhere in the world.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Intellectual wonder humbled. Many explanations converge on the attractiveness of devotion; a hunter’s heart is transformed.
The mood of Madhya 24 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
He then concluded that different classes of transcendentalists ( jñānīs, karmīs, yogīs ) utilize this verse according to their own interpretation, but if they would give up this process and surrender to Kṛṣṇa, as indicated by the verse itself, they would be able to comprehend the real meaning of the verse.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
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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: “serve”, “service”
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: “chant”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What helps you make chanting and devotional service regular, wherever you live?
Set aside five minutes today to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra attentively.
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