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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 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas
Madhya 25.127Madhya 25.129

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.128

বিসৃজতি হৃদয়ং ন যস্য সাক্ষাং

দ্ধরিরবশাভিহিতোঽপ্যঘৌঘনাশঃ ।

প্রণয়রসনয়া ধৃতাঙ্ঘ্রিপদ্মঃ

স ভবতি ভাগবতপ্রধান উক্তঃ ॥ ১২৮ ॥

visṛjati hṛdayaṁ na yasya sākṣād

dharir avaśābhihito ’py aghaugha-nāśaḥ

praṇaya-rasanayā dhṛtāṅghri-padmaḥ

sa bhavati bhāgavata-pradhāna uktaḥ

Translation

“ ‘Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who destroys everything inauspicious for His devotees, does not leave the hearts of His devotees even if they remember Him and chant about Him inattentively. This is because the rope of love always binds the Lord within the devotees’ hearts. Such devotees should be accepted as most elevated.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Hari Remains Bound by His Devotees’ Love

  1. 1

    Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, destroys everything inauspicious for His devotees.

  2. 2

    He does not leave His devotees’ hearts even if they remember Him and chant about Him inattentively.

  3. 3

    The rope of love always binds the Lord within their hearts. Such devotees should be accepted as most elevated.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 25.128 quotesSB 11.2.55

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.2.55).

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

Reconciliation and broad mercy. Opponents turn toward bhakti; the Lord returns to Purī and embraces devotees.

The mood of Madhya 25 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas

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

He was always very happy to hear the glories of the Lord, and it was by his arrangement that all the sannyāsīs of Vārāṇasī became devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He invited all the sannyāsīs to his house to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and this incident has been described in the seventh chapter of the Ādi-līlā.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. visṛjatigives up
  2. hṛdayamthe heart
  3. nanot
  4. yasyawhose
  5. sākṣātdirectly
  6. hariḥthe Supreme Personality of Godhead
  7. avaśa-abhihitaḥwho is automatically or inattentively glorified
  8. apialthough
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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: “chant”, “hari”

  • 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: “love”

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

How does Hari’s faithfulness to His loving devotees encourage you to remember and chant about Him?

Practice

Take a quiet minute today to remember Hari and chant His name, reflecting on the love that binds Him within His devotees’ hearts.

Live this todayHari Remains Bound by His Devotees’ LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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