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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse

Madhya 24.275 Madhya 24.277

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.276

কম্প-পুলকাশ্রু হৈল কৃষ্ণনাম গাঞা ।

ঊর্ধ্ববাহু নৃত্য করে বস্ত্র উড়াঞা ॥ ২৭৬ ॥

kampa-pulakāśru haila kṛṣṇa-nāma gāñā

ūrdhva bāhu nṛtya kare vastra uḍāñā

Translation

“When the hunter chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra before his spiritual master, his body trembled and tears welled up in his eyes. Filled with ecstatic love, he raised his hands and began to dance, waving his garments up and down.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Chanting Filled with Ecstatic Love

1
The hunter chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra before his spiritual master.
2
As he chanted, his body trembled and tears welled up in his eyes. The verse describes him as filled with ecstatic love.
3
He raised his hands and began to dance, waving his garments up and down.

How it feels

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

Madhya 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse

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

In this regard, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu narrated a story about how the great sage Nārada converted a hunter into a great Vaiṣṇava, and how this was appreciated by Nārada’s friend Parvata Muni. Sanātana Gosvāmī then offered a prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the glory of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

kampatrembling
pulaka-aśrutears and jubilation
hailathere were
kṛṣṇa-nāma gāñāchanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra
ūrdhva bāhuraising the arms
nṛtya karebegan to dance
vastra uḍāñāwaving his garments up and down

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: “ecstatic love”
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: “chanted”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the hunter’s loving chanting inspire my own approach to the holy name?

Practice

Set aside a few quiet minutes today to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra attentively.

Live this todayChanting Filled with Ecstatic LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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