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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 24.336Madhya 24.338

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.337

শঙ্খ-জল-গন্ধ-পুষ্প-ধূপাদি-লক্ষণ ।

জপ, স্তুতি, পরিক্রমা, দণ্ডবৎ বন্দন ॥ ৩৩৭ ॥

śaṅkha-jala-gandha-puṣpa-dhūpādi-lakṣaṇa

japa, stuti, parikramā, daṇḍavat vandana

Translation

“The items of worship, such as water, conchshell, flowers, incense and lamp, should be described. You should also mention chanting softly, offering prayers, circumambulating and offering obeisances. All these should be carefully described.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Learn the details of worship carefully

  1. 1

    Items used in worship include water, conchshell, flowers, incense and lamp. These should be carefully described.

  2. 2

    Chanting softly, offering prayers, circumambulating and offering obeisances should also be explained.

  3. 3

    All these matters are mentioned in the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa. Its eighth vilāsa should be consulted as far as possible.

Key points from the purport
  • The eighth vilāsa of that book should be consulted as far as possible.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. śaṅkhaof a conchshell
  2. jalaof water
  3. gandhaof incense or scents
  4. puṣpaof flowers
  5. dhūpa-ādiof incense, and so on
  6. lakṣaṇathe characteristics
  7. japamurmuring
  8. stutioffering prayers
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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”, “hari-bhakti-vilāsa”

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

Which aspect of worship would you like to understand more carefully?

Practice

Today, take a quiet moment to offer a prayer and obeisances.

Live this todayLearn the details of worship carefullyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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