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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.125
গ্রামের শূন্যহাটে বসি’ করেন কীর্তন ।
এথা পূজারী করাইল ঠাকুরে শয়ন ॥ ১২৫ ॥
grāmera śūnya-hāṭe vasi’ karena kīrtana
ethā pūjārī karāila ṭhākure śayana
Mādhavendra Purī left the temple and sat down in the village marketplace, which was vacant. Sitting there, he began to chant. In the meantime, the temple priest laid the Deity down to rest.
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Mādhavendra Purī sat in a vacant marketplace and began to chant. Chanting can be performed anywhere, inside or outside the temple.
Even a paramahaṁsa cannot give up chanting. Chanting a fixed number of rounds on beads is important for everyone.
Chanting the Lord’s holy names and engaging in His service are identical. A devotee should accept all nine processes of devotional service, yet properly executing even one can lead to the highest position and back home, back to Godhead.
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The purport of CC Madhya 4.125 quotesSB 7.5.23-24
As stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (7.5.23), there are nine kinds of devotional service: hearing (śravaṇam), chanting (kīrtanam), remembering (viṣṇoḥ smaraṇam), serving (pāda-sevanam), worship of the Deity (arcanam), praying (vandanam), carrying out orders (dāsyam), serving Him as a friend (sakhyam) and sacrificing everything for the Lord (ātma-nivedanam).
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Selfless service and longing. Gopāla’s requests, Gopīnātha’s mercy, and Mādhavendra Purī’s devotion deepen the theme of longing.
The mood of Madhya 4 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Traveling through Bengal, he reached Remuṇā village and there received a pot of condensed milk ( kṣīra ) offered to the Deity of Gopīnāthajī. This pot of condensed milk was stolen by Gopīnātha and delivered to Mādhavendra Purī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 4
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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”
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I make chanting a steady part of my day, wherever I am?
Chant one attentive round on beads today, whether inside or outside the temple.
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