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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 25.150Madhya 25.152

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.151

নিগমকল্পতরোর্গলিতং ফলং

শুকমুখাদমৃতদ্রবসংযুতম্ ।

পিবত ভাগবতং রসমালয়ং

মুহুরহো রসিকা ভুবি ভাবুকাঃ ॥ ১৫১ ॥

nigama-kalpa-taror galitaṁ phalaṁ

śuka-mukhād amṛta-drava-saṁyutam

pibata bhāgavataṁ rasam ālayaṁ

muhur aho rasikā bhuvi bhāvukāḥ

Translation

“ ‘The Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the essence of all Vedic literatures, and it is considered the ripened fruit of the wish-fulfilling tree of Vedic knowledge. It has been sweetened by emanating from the mouth of Śukadeva Gosvāmī. You who are thoughtful and who relish mellows should always try to taste this ripened fruit. O thoughtful devotees, as long as you are not absorbed in transcendental bliss, you should continue tasting this Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and when you are fully absorbed in bliss, you should go on tasting its mellows forever.’

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Keep Tasting the Ripened Fruit

  1. 1

    Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the essence of all Vedic literatures, like the ripened fruit of the wish-fulfilling tree of Vedic knowledge.

  2. 2

    This fruit has been sweetened by coming from the mouth of Śukadeva Gosvāmī. Thoughtful devotees are invited to keep tasting it.

  3. 3

    One should continue tasting Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam before becoming absorbed in transcendental bliss. Even after full absorption, one should relish its mellows forever.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 25.151 quotesSB 1.1.3

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.1.3).

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 then explained the catuḥ-ślokī (four ślokas ) of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the essence of that great scripture. From that day on, all the sannyāsīs of Vārāṇasī became devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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. nigama-kalpa-taroḥof the Vedic literature, which is like a desire tree
  2. galitamcompletely ripened
  3. phalamfruit (which has come down without being distorted)
  4. śuka-mukhātfrom the mouth of Śukadeva Gosvāmī
  5. amṛtawhich is like nectar
  6. drava-saṁyutammixed with juice
  7. pibatajust drink
  8. bhāgavatamŚrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mellows”

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

What helps me return thoughtfully to Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam rather than treat it as something to finish?

Practice

Reread one sentence from this translation slowly, taking time to appreciate its image of ripened fruit.

Live this todayKeep Tasting the Ripened FruitThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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