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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.92
এত জানি’ রাহু কৈল চন্দ্রের গ্রহণ ।
‘কৃষ্ণ’ ‘কৃষ্ণ’ ‘হরি’ নামে ভাসে ত্রিভুবন ॥ ৯২ ॥
eta jāni’ rāhu kaila candrera grahaṇa
‘kṛṣṇa’ ‘kṛṣṇa’ ‘hari’ nāme bhāse tri-bhuvana
Considering this, Rāhu, the black planet, covered the full moon, and immediately vibrations of “Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Hari!” inundated the three worlds.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
According to the Jyotir-veda, a lunar eclipse occurs when Rāhu comes in front of the full moon.
Followers of the Vedic scriptures customarily bathe in the Ganges or the sea during an eclipse. Strict followers stand in the water throughout the eclipse and chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
A lunar eclipse took place at the birth of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. As people chanted, vibrations of “Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Hari!” inundated the three worlds.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
Then, in 1407 Śaka Era (A.D. 1486), in the full-moon evening of the month of Phālguna, with the constellation of Siṁha (Leo) on the horizon, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared as the son of Śrī Śacīdevī and Jagannātha Miśra. After hearing of the birth of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, learned scholars and brāhmaṇas, bringing many gifts, came to see the newborn baby.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”, “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: “followers”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you make room for chanting the holy name today?
Chant once attentively: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.
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