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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 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse
Madhya 24.332Madhya 24.334

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.333

গোপীচন্দন-মাল্য-ধৃতি, তুলসী-আহরণ ।

বস্ত্র-পীঠ-গৃহ-সংস্কার, কৃষ্ণ-প্রবোধন ॥ ৩৩৩ ॥

gopīcandana-mālya-dhṛti, tulasī-āharaṇa

vastra-pīṭha-gṛha-saṁskāra, kṛṣṇa-prabodhana

Translation

“After this, you should describe how one should decorate his body with gopīcandana, wear neck beads, collect tulasī leaves from the tulasī tree, cleanse his cloth and the altar, cleanse his own house or apartment and go to the temple and ring the bell just to draw the attention of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

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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.

Prepare Yourself and Your Surroundings for Worship

  1. 1

    The instructions include decorating the body with gopīcandana and wearing neck beads.

  2. 2

    Collecting tulasī leaves and cleaning one’s cloth, altar and home should also be described.

  3. 3

    One should go to the temple and ring the bell to draw Lord Kṛṣṇa’s attention.

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

Further reading

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

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

Sanātana Gosvāmī then offered a prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the glory of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. After this, the Lord gave Sanātana Gosvāmī a synopsis of Hari-bhakti-vilāsa, which Sanātana Gosvāmī later developed into the guiding principle of all Vaiṣṇavas.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. gopī-candanagopī-candana (available in Vṛndāvana and Dvārakā)
  2. mālyabeads on the neck
  3. dhṛtiwearing regularly
  4. tulasī-āharaṇacollecting tulasī leaves
  5. vastracloth
  6. pīṭhatemple
  7. gṛhathe house
  8. saṁskāracleansing
  9. kṛṣṇa-prabodhanaawakening the Deity of Lord Kṛṣṇa
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Key ideas in this verse

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: “cleanse”

  • 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: “gopīcandana”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What part of your surroundings could you clean today as preparation for worship?

Practice

Clean one small area of your home, or your altar if you have one.

Live this todayPrepare Yourself and Your Surroundings for WorshipThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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