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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.23
বাল্যভাব ছলে প্রভু করেন ক্রন্দন ।
‘কৃষ্ণ’ ‘হরি’ নাম শুনি’ রহয়ে রোদন ॥ ২৩ ॥
bālya-bhāva chale prabhu karena krandana
‘kṛṣṇa’ ‘hari’ nāma śuni’ rahaye rodana
In His childhood, when the Lord was crying He would stop immediately upon hearing the holy names Kṛṣṇa and Hari.
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In His childhood, the Lord would sometimes cry.
He would hear the holy names Kṛṣṇa and Hari.
Upon hearing these holy names, He would immediately stop crying.
Jubilation and hope. The Lord appears in Navadvīpa; the theological promise becomes a lived story.
The mood of Ādi 13 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Within the Lord’s antya-līlā, the first six years of His sannyāsa life are called the madhya-līlā. During this time, Caitanya Mahāprabhu toured southern India, went to Vṛndāvana, returned from Vṛndāvana and preached the saṅkīrtana movement.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 13
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “hari”
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “crying”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice about the child's response to hearing Kṛṣṇa and Hari?
Say the holy names Kṛṣṇa and Hari aloud, listening carefully as you chant.
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