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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 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Travels to the Holy Places
Madhya 9.261Madhya 9.263

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.262

এবংব্রতঃ স্বপ্রিয়নাম-কীর্ত্যা

জাতানুরাগো দ্রুতচিত্ত উচ্চৈঃ ।

হসত্যথো রোদিতি রৌতি গায়-

ত্যুন্মাদবন্নৃত্যতি লোকবাহ্যঃ ॥ ২৬২ ॥

evaṁ-vrataḥ sva-priya-nāma-kīrtyā

jātānurāgo druta-citta uccaiḥ

hasaty atho roditi rauti gāyaty

unmāda-van nṛtyati loka-bāhyaḥ

Translation

“ ‘When a person is actually advanced and takes pleasure in chanting the holy name of the Lord, who is very dear to him, he is agitated and loudly chants the holy name. He also laughs, cries, becomes agitated and chants just like a madman, not caring for outsiders.’

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Love Finds Joy in the Holy Name

  1. 1

    An actually advanced person takes pleasure in chanting the holy name of the Lord, who is very dear to him.

  2. 2

    Such a person loudly chants the holy name and may laugh, cry and become agitated.

  3. 3

    Absorbed in chanting, he appears like a madman and does not care for outsiders.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 9.262 quotesSB 11.2.40

This verse is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.2.40).

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

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:

Thus the Lord visited almost all the holy places in South India. He finally returned to Jagannātha Purī by taking the same route, after visiting Vidyānagara again.
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. evam-vrataḥwhen one thus engages in a vow to chant and dance
  2. svaown
  3. priyavery dear
  4. nāmaholy name
  5. kīrtyāby chanting
  6. jātain this way develops
  7. anurāgaḥattachment
  8. druta-cittaḥvery eagerly
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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”

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

Does concern about others’ opinions distract me from chanting the holy name?

Practice

Spend a few quiet minutes chanting the holy name, giving your attention to the Lord rather than others’ opinions.

Live this todayLove Finds Joy in the Holy NameThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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