Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 7.104
An Objection to Chanting Kṛṣṇa’s Name
“It is the duty of a chaste wife, devoted to her husband, not to utter her husband’s name, but all of you chant the name of Kṛṣṇa. How can this be called a religious principle?”
What the purport teaches
- Vallabha Bhaṭṭa argued that a chaste wife devoted to her husband should not utter his name.
- He asked how the devotees’ chanting of Kṛṣṇa’s name could be a religious principle.
- This is Vallabha Bhaṭṭa’s objection, not the passage’s final teaching. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu answers that Kṛṣṇa orders His name to be chanted.
Try this today
Read the objection and the reply together, noting why chanting fulfills rather than violates Kṛṣṇa’s order.
Ask yourself
Do I allow a question to be fully answered before deciding what a teaching means?
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.