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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 25.272Madhya 25.274

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.273

কৃষ্ণভক্তিসিদ্ধান্তগণ,     যাতে প্রফুল্ল পদ্মবন,

তার মধু করি’ আস্বাদন ।

প্রেমরস-কুমুদবনে,     প্ৰফুল্লিত রাত্রি-দিনে,

তাতে চরাও মনোভৃঙ্গগণ ॥ ২৭৩ ॥

kṛṣṇa-bhakti-siddhānta-gaṇa, yāte praphulla padma-vana,

tāra madhu kari’ āsvādana

prema-rasa-kumuda-vane, praphullita rātri-dine,

tāte carāo mano-bhṛṅga-gaṇa

Translation

Devotional service to Kṛṣṇa is exactly like a pleasing, jubilant forest of lotus flowers wherein there is ample honey. I request everyone to taste this honey. If all the mental speculators bring the bees of their minds into this forest of lotus flowers and jubilantly enjoy ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa day and night, their mental speculation will be completely transcendentally satisfied.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Taste the Honey of Devotional Service

  1. 1

    Devotional service to Kṛṣṇa is compared to a pleasing, jubilant forest of lotus flowers filled with honey.

  2. 2

    Everyone is invited to taste this honey. Even mental speculators are asked to bring the bees of their minds into this forest.

  3. 3

    By enjoying ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa day and night, their mental speculation becomes completely satisfied on the transcendental level.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kṛṣṇa-bhakti-siddhānta-gaṇathe conclusive understanding of devotional service to Kṛṣṇa
  2. yāteby which
  3. praphullaenlivened
  4. padma-vanathe forest of lotus flowers
  5. tāra madhuthe honey collected from those lotus flowers
  6. kari’ āsvādanarelishing
  7. prema-rasaof transcendental love of Kṛṣṇa
  8. kumuda-vanein the forest of kumuda flowers (a type of lotus)
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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 of krsna”, “ecstatic love”

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “service”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the image of tasting honey invite you beyond thinking alone into devotional service?

Practice

Set aside a few minutes today to serve Kṛṣṇa, keeping your mind on the invitation to taste the sweetness of devotion.

Live this todayTaste the Honey of Devotional ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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