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  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 6: The Liberation of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
Madhya 6.148Madhya 6.150

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.149

অহো ভাগ্যমহো ভাগ্যং নন্দগোপব্রজৌকসাম্ ।

যন্মিত্রং পরমানন্দং পূর্ণং ব্রহ্ম সনাতনম্ ॥ ১৪৯ ॥

aho bhāgyam aho bhāgyaṁ

nanda-gopa-vrajaukasām

yan-mitraṁ paramānandaṁ

pūrṇaṁ brahma sanātanam

Translation

“ ‘How greatly fortunate are Nanda Mahārāja, the cowherd men and all the inhabitants of Vrajabhūmi! There is no limit to their fortune, because the Absolute Truth, the source of transcendental bliss, the eternal Supreme Brahman, has become their friend.’

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io

Hear

Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks on this verse

His recorded lecture, with the transcript, on prabhupada.io.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Supreme Brahman Becomes Their Friend

  1. 1

    Lord Brahmā praises the great fortune of Nanda Mahārāja, the cowherd men and all the inhabitants of Vrajabhūmi.

  2. 2

    Their fortune has no limit because the Absolute Truth has become their friend.

  3. 3

    Their friend is the source of transcendental bliss and the eternal Supreme Brahman.

Key points from the purport
  • This quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.14.32) is spoken by Lord Brahmā.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 6.149 quotesSB 10.14.32

This quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.14.32) is spoken by Lord Brahmā.

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

Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.

The mood of Madhya 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 6: The Liberation of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya

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

It is also accepted that the Absolute Truth has His transcendental, blissful, eternal form. According to the Vedas, the Lord and the living entity are equal in quality but different quantitatively.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ahowhat great
  2. bhāgyamfortune
  3. ahowhat great
  4. bhāgyamfortune
  5. nandaof Mahārāja Nanda
  6. gopaof other cowherd men
  7. vraja-okasāmof the inhabitants of Vrajabhūmi
  8. yatof whom
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “vrajabhūmi”, “cowherd”, “nanda”

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 moves you about the eternal Supreme Brahman becoming a friend?

Practice

Spend one quiet minute reflecting on the unlimited fortune of the inhabitants of Vrajabhūmi.

Live this todayThe Supreme Brahman Becomes Their FriendThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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