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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.24
অতএব ‘হরি’ ‘হরি’ বলে নারীগণ ।
দেখিতে আইসে যেবা সর্ব বন্ধুজন ॥ ২৪ ॥
ataeva ‘hari’ ‘hari’ bale nārīgaṇa
dekhite āise yebā sarva bandhu jana
All the friendly ladies who came to see the child would chant the holy names, “Hari, Hari!” as soon as the child would cry.
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Friendly ladies came to see the child.
As soon as the child would cry, they would chant.
All these ladies chanted the holy names, “Hari, Hari!”
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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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: “chant”, “hari”
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What stands out to you about how readily the ladies began chanting?
Chant “Hari, Hari!” today while remembering the friendly ladies' response to the child.
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