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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 4: Śrī Mādhavendra Purī’s Devotional Service
Madhya 4.178Madhya 4.180

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.179

পরম বিরক্ত, মৌনী, সর্বত্র উদাসীন ।

গ্রাম্যবার্তা-ভয়ে দ্বিতীয়-সঙ্গ-হীন ॥ ১৭৯ ॥

parama virakta, maunī, sarvatra udāsīna

grāmya-vārtā-bhaye dvitīya-saṅga-hīna

Translation

Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “Śrī Mādhavendra Purī used to remain alone. He was completely renounced and always very silent. He was uninterested in everything material, and for fear of talking about mundane things, he always lived without a companion.

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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.

Avoiding Mundane Talk

  1. 1

    Śrī Mādhavendra Purī used to remain alone and was completely renounced.

  2. 2

    He was always very silent and uninterested in everything material.

  3. 3

    He lived without a companion for fear of talking about mundane things.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 4: Śrī Mādhavendra Purī’s Devotional Service

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu narrated this story for Lord Nityānanda Prabhu and other devotees and praised the pure devotional service of Mādhavendra Purī. When He recited some verses composed by Mādhavendra Purī, He went into an ecstatic mood.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 4
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. parama viraktatotally renounced or unattached
  2. maunīsilent
  3. sarvatraeverywhere
  4. udāsīnauninterested
  5. grāmya-vārtāof mundane topics
  6. bhayein fear
  7. dvitīyasecond
  8. saṅgaassociate
  9. hīnawithout
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which of my conversations draw me into unnecessary mundane talk?

Practice

Today, quietly step back from one unnecessary mundane conversation.

Live this todayAvoiding Mundane TalkThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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