Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 17.23
Take Daily Chanting Seriously
“This verse repeats the word ‘eva’ [‘certainly’] three times for emphasis, and it also three times repeats ‘harer nāma’ [‘the holy name of the Lord’], just to make common people understand.
What the purport teaches
- The words “eva,” meaning “certainly,” and “harer nāma,” meaning “the holy name of the Lord,” are each repeated three times. This repetition helps ordinary people understand the emphasis.
- The Bṛhan-nāradīya Purāṇa emphasizes chanting so that people will take it seriously and become free from māyā. The purport describes people reaching the spiritual stage by regularly chanting according to the prescribed principles.
- Śrīla Prabhupāda requests students to chant at least sixteen rounds daily, offenselessly and while following the regulative principles. He assures them that their success will then be without doubt.
Try this today
Choose a definite time for chanting today, keeping the instruction for sixteen daily rounds and the regulative principles in view.
Ask yourself
What practical change would help you take regular chanting more seriously?
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.