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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 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Travels to the Holy Places
Madhya 9.100Madhya 9.102

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.101

যাবৎ পড়োঁ, তাবৎ পাঙ তাঁর দরশন ।

এই লাগি’ গীতা-পাঠ না ছাড়ে মোর মন ॥ ১০১ ॥

yāvat paḍoṅ, tāvat pāṅa tāṅra daraśana

ei lāgi’ gītā-pāṭha nā chāḍe mora mana

Translation

“As long as I read the Bhagavad-gītā, I simply see the Lord’s beautiful features. It is for this reason that I am reading the Bhagavad-gītā, and my mind cannot be distracted from this.”

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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.

Reading With Undistracted Attention to the Lord

  1. 1

    As long as the brāhmaṇa read the Bhagavad-gītā, he saw the Lord’s beautiful features.

  2. 2

    Seeing the Lord’s beauty was his reason for reading the Bhagavad-gītā.

  3. 3

    His mind could not be distracted from this.

How it feels

Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.

The mood of Madhya 9 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Travels to the Holy Places

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

Then the Lord took His bath in the river Kṛtamālā. On the hill known as Mahendra-śaila, the Lord saw Paraśurāma.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. yāvatas long as
  2. paḍoṅI read
  3. tāvatso long
  4. pāṅaI get
  5. tāṅraHis
  6. daraśanaaudience
  7. ei lāgi’for this reason
  8. gītā-pāṭhareading the Bhagavad-gītā
  9. nā chāḍedoes not quit
  10. mora manamy mind
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What draws your mind toward the Lord when you read the Bhagavad-gītā?

Practice

Read a short passage of the Bhagavad-gītā today with distractions set aside, keeping your attention on the Lord.

Live this todayReading With Undistracted Attention to the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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