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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 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas
Madhya 25.140Madhya 25.142

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.141

এবংব্রতঃ স্বপ্রিয়নামকীর্ত্যা

জাতানুরাগো দ্রুতচিত্ত উচ্চৈঃ ।

হসত্যথো রোদিতি রৌতি গায়-

ত্যুন্মাদবন্নৃত্যতি লোকবাহ্যঃ ॥ ১৪১ ॥

evaṁ-vrataḥ sva-priya-nāma-kīrtyā

jātānurāgo druta-citta uccaiḥ

hasaty atho roditi rauti gāyaty

unmāda-van nṛtyati loka-bāhyaḥ

Translation

“ ‘When a person is actually advanced and takes pleasure in chanting the holy name of the Lord, who is very dear to him, he is agitated and loudly chants the holy name. He also laughs, cries, becomes agitated and chants like a madman, not caring for outsiders.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Love Finds Joy in the Holy Name

  1. 1

    An actually advanced person takes pleasure in chanting the holy name of the Lord, who is very dear to him.

  2. 2

    In that love, the devotee becomes agitated and chants the holy name loudly.

  3. 3

    He may laugh, cry and chant like a madman, without caring for outsiders.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 25.141 quotesSB 11.2.40

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.2.40).

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:

One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to take a bath at Pañcanada, and afterwards all His devotees began chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra in front of the temple of Bindu Mādhava. At this time Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī and all his devotees approached the Lord.
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. evam-vrataḥwhen one thus engages in a vow to chant and dance
  2. svaown
  3. priyavery dear
  4. nāmaholy name
  5. kīrtyāby chanting
  6. jātain this way develops
  7. anurāgaḥattachment
  8. druta-cittaḥvery eagerly
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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”, “holy name”

  • 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

When I chant, how much of my attention goes to the Lord rather than to others' opinions?

Practice

Chant the Lord's holy name for a few minutes today, directing your attention toward Him rather than how you appear to others.

Live this todayLove Finds Joy in the Holy NameThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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