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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.267

ভক্ত লাগি’ বিস্তারিলা আপন-বদনে ।

কাহাঁ ভক্ত-মুখে কহাই শুনিলা আপনে ॥ ২৬৭ ॥

bhakta lāgi’ vistārilā āpana-vadane

kāhāṅ bhakta-mukhe kahāi śunilā āpane

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu broadcast the purport of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. He sometimes spoke for the benefit of His devotees and sometimes empowered one of His devotees to speak while He listened.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Teach Others and Train Them to Speak

  1. 1

    As an ideal teacher, or ācārya, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam very elaborately Himself.

  2. 2

    He sometimes empowered His devotees to speak while He listened.

  3. 3

    An ācārya should both personally explain this sublime subject and train disciples to speak about it.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, as an ideal teacher, or ācārya, explained Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam very elaborately Himself.
  • He sometimes also empowered His devotees to speak while He listened.
  • Not only should he describe the bhāgavata cult personally, but he should also train his disciples to speak on this sublime subject.

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

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:

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to Jagannātha Purī through the great forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa (Jharkhand) in central India. At the end of this chapter, Kavirāja Gosvāmī sums up the incidents of the madhya-līlā and instructs every living being to read this sublime book of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes.
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. bhakta lāgi’especially for the benefit of His devotees
  2. vistārilāexpansively described
  3. āpana-vadanepersonally, with His own mouth
  4. kāhāṅsometimes
  5. bhakta-mukhethrough the mouth of His devotees
  6. kahāimaking describe
  7. śunilā āpanelistened Himself
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What can you learn from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s willingness both to speak and to listen?

Practice

Explain one teaching from this verse to someone, then give them time to share their understanding.

Live this todayTeach Others and Train Them to SpeakThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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