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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 9.59Madhya 9.61

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.60

তোমা-সবার ‘গুরু’ তবে পাইবে চেতন ।

সব বৌদ্ধ মিলি’ করে কৃষ্ণসঙ্কীর্তন ॥ ৬০ ॥

tomā-sabāra ‘guru’ tabe pāibe cetana

saba bauddha mili’ kare kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtana

Translation

“By this method your spiritual master will regain his consciousness.” Following Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s advice, all the Buddhist disciples began to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa congregationally.

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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.

Following the Lord’s Advice Together

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu told the disciples that their spiritual master would regain consciousness by this method.

  2. 2

    All the Buddhist disciples followed His advice.

  3. 3

    They began chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa congregationally.

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:

Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then proceeded farther, arriving at Setubandha Rāmeśvara. At Śrī Śaila-parvata, the Lord met Lord Śiva and his wife Durgā in the dress of a brāhmaṇa and brāhmaṇī.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tomā-sabāraall of you
  2. guruthe spiritual master
  3. tabethen
  4. pāibewill get
  5. cetanaconsciousness
  6. saba bauddhaall the Buddhist disciples
  7. mili’coming together
  8. karedo
  9. kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtanachanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra.
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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: “chant”, “holy name”, “congregationally”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can you put the instruction to chant together into practice?

Practice

Invite someone to join you in chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa for a few minutes.

Live this todayFollowing the Lord’s Advice TogetherThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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