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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 9.94Madhya 9.96

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.95

কেহ হাসে, কেহ নিন্দে, তাহা নাহি মানে ।

আবিষ্ট হঞা গীতা পড়ে আনন্দিত-মনে ॥ ৯৫ ॥

keha hāse, keha ninde, tāhā nāhi māne

āviṣṭa hañā gītā paḍe ānandita-mane

Translation

Due to his incorrect pronunciation, people sometimes criticized him and laughed at him, but he did not care. He was full of ecstasy due to reading the Bhagavad-gītā and was personally very happy.

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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.

Joy in Reading Despite Criticism

  1. 1

    People sometimes criticized the brāhmaṇa and laughed at his incorrect pronunciation.

  2. 2

    He did not care about their criticism or laughter.

  3. 3

    Reading the Bhagavad-gītā filled him with ecstasy, and he was personally very happy.

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:

A brāhmaṇa devotee of Lord Rāmacandra talked with Him. Then the Lord took His bath in the river Kṛtamālā.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. keha hāsesomeone laughs
  2. keha nindesomeone criticizes
  3. tāhāthat
  4. nāhi mānehe does not care for
  5. āviṣṭa hañābeing in great ecstasy
  6. gītā paḍereads the Bhagavad-gītā
  7. ānanditain great happiness
  8. manehis mind
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might you keep others’ criticism from interrupting your devotional reading?

Practice

Spend a few minutes reading the Bhagavad-gītā today without dwelling on how others might judge your reading.

Live this todayJoy in Reading Despite CriticismThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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