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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 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya
Madhya 8.41Madhya 8.43

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.42

‘কৃষ্ণ’ ‘কৃষ্ণ’ নাম শুনি সবার বদনে ।

সবার অঙ্গ — পুলকিত, অশ্রু — নয়নে ॥ ৪২ ॥

‘kṛṣṇa’ ‘kṛṣṇa’ nāma śuni sabāra vadane

sabāra aṅga — pulakita, aśru — nayane

Translation

“I hear everyone chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. Everyone’s body is thrilled with ecstasy, and there are tears in everyone’s eyes.

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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.

Chanting Kṛṣṇa’s Name with Ecstasy

  1. 1

    The speaker hears everyone chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.

  2. 2

    Everyone’s body is thrilled with ecstasy.

  3. 3

    There are tears in everyone’s eyes as they chant.

How it feels

Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.

The mood of Madhya 8 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

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

Honoring his request, Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed there in the home of some Vedic brāhmaṇas. In the evening, Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya used to come to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa“Kṛṣṇa,” “Kṛṣṇa”
  2. nāmathe holy name
  3. śuniI hear
  4. sabāraof everyone
  5. vadanein the mouths
  6. sabāraof all
  7. aṅgathe bodies
  8. pulakitagladdened
  9. aśrutears
  10. nayanein the eyes
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Key ideas in this verse

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: “chanting”, “holy name”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How attentively do you listen to the holy name of Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa and listening to it.

Live this todayChanting Kṛṣṇa’s Name with EcstasyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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