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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.30
যারে দেখে, তারে কহে,—কহ কৃষ্ণনাম ।
কৃষ্ণনামে ভাসাইল নবদ্বীপ–গ্রাম ॥ ৩০ ॥
yāre dekhe, tāre kahe, — kaha kṛṣṇa-nāma
kṛṣṇa-nāme bhāsāila navadvīpa-grāma
When Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu was a student, He asked whomever He met to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. In this way He inundated the whole town of Navadvīpa with the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa.
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As a student, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked whomever He met to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. In this way He inundated Navadvīpa with chanting.
Navadvīpa means “nine islands,” surrounded by different branches of the Ganges. The present Navadvīpa-dhāma is only part of the whole of Navadvīpa.
All nine islands contain places for cultivating devotional service. The purport mentions nava-vidha bhakti, nine different activities of devotional service.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Ādi 13.30 quotesSB 7.5.23-24
It is stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (7.5.23) that there are nava-vidha bhakti, nine different activities of devotional service:
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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:
A learned brāhmaṇa named Upendra Miśra, who resided in the district of Śrīhaṭṭa, was the father of Jagannātha Miśra, who came to Navadvīpa to study under the direction of Nīlāmbara Cakravartī and then settled there after marrying Nīlāmbara Cakravartī’s daughter, Śacīdevī. Śrī Śacīdevī gave birth to eight children, all daughters, who died one after another immediately after birth.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: “chant”
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “branches”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the Lord’s invitation to everyone inspire your own relationship with chanting?
Gently invite someone to join you in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra today.
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