Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 17.211
Repeated Chanting Meets Social Objections
“ ‘Now the lower classes are chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra again and again. For this sinful activity, the entire city of Navadvīpa will become deserted.
What the purport teaches
- People described by the speakers as the lower classes are chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
- They are chanting again and again.
- The speakers call this sinful and predict that the entire city of Navadvīpa will become deserted.
Try this today
Distinguish the reported activity of chanting from the speakers’ judgment and prediction.
Ask yourself
How do the speakers judge the people who are chanting?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.