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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 9.69Madhya 9.71

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.70

প্রেমাবেশে নৃত্য-গীত বহুত করিল ।

দিন-দুই রহি’ লোকে’ ‘কৃষ্ণভক্ত’ কৈল ॥ ৭০ ॥

premāveśe nṛtya-gīta bahuta karila

dina-dui rahi’ loke ‘kṛṣṇa-bhakta’ kaila

Translation

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed at Viṣṇu-kāñcī for two days, He danced and performed kīrtana in ecstasy. When all the people saw Him, they were converted into devotees of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

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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.

Ecstatic Kīrtana Awakens Devotion to Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed at Viṣṇu-kāñcī for two days.

  2. 2

    During His stay, He danced and performed kīrtana in ecstasy.

  3. 3

    All the people who saw Him were converted into devotees of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

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:

After leaving Vidyānagara, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited such places of pilgrimage as Gautamī-gaṅgā, Mallikārjuna, Ahovala-nṛsiṁha, Siddhavaṭa, Skanda-kṣetra, Trimaṭha, Vṛddhakāśī, Bauddha-sthāna, Tirupati, Tirumala, Pānā-nṛsiṁha, Śiva-kāñcī, Viṣṇu-kāñcī, Trikāla-hasti, Vṛddhakola, Śiyālī-bhairavī, the Kāverī River and Kumbhakarṇa-kapāla. Finally the Lord went to Śrī Raṅga-kṣetra, where He converted a brāhmaṇa named Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa, who, along with his family, took up devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prema-āveśein ecstatic love
  2. nṛtya-gītadancing and chanting
  3. bahutamuch
  4. karilaperformed
  5. dina-duifor two days
  6. rahi’staying
  7. lokethe people in general
  8. kṛṣṇa-bhaktadevotees of Lord Kṛṣṇa
  9. kailamade
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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: “kīrtana”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What inspires you about the effect of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s kīrtana?

Practice

Set aside a few minutes today to sing Lord Kṛṣṇa’s name.

Live this todayEcstatic Kīrtana Awakens Devotion to KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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