Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 3.58
Worship Lord Caitanya Through Congregational Chanting
“By performing the sacrifice of congregational chanting of the holy name, learned scholars in the Age of Kali worship Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is now nonblackish because of the great upsurge of the feelings of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. He is the only worshipable Deity for the paramahaṁsas, who have attained the highest stage of the fourth order [sannyāsa]. May that Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Caitanya, show us His great causeless mercy.”
What the purport teaches
- Learned scholars in the Age of Kali worship Lord Kṛṣṇa through the sacrifice of congregational chanting of the holy name.
- Lord Kṛṣṇa is now nonblackish because of the great upsurge of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s feelings. Lord Caitanya is that Supreme Personality of Godhead, the only worshipable Deity for the paramahaṁsas.
- The verse prays for His great causeless mercy. The purport identifies it as a verse from the Stava-mālā of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.
Try this today
Chant the holy name with another person today, praying for Lord Caitanya’s causeless mercy.
Ask yourself
How can I approach congregational chanting as worship and a prayer for mercy?
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.