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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.94
জগৎ ভরিয়া লোক বলে—‘হরি’ ‘হরি’ ।
সেইক্ষণে গৌরকৃষ্ণ ভূমে অবতরি ॥ ৯৪ ॥
jagat bhariyā loka bale — ‘hari’ ‘hari’
sei-kṣaṇe gaurakṛṣṇa bhūme avatari
When the whole world was thus chanting the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa in the form of Gaurahari advented Himself on the earth.
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The whole world was chanting the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Kṛṣṇa Himself appeared on earth in the form of Gaurahari.
His appearance took place while the holy name was being chanted throughout the world.
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:
Nīlāmbara Cakravartī, who was a great astrologer, immediately prepared a horoscope, and by astrological calculation he saw that the child was a great personality. This chapter describes the symptoms of this great personality.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: “chanting”, “holy name”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing that Gaurahari is Kṛṣṇa Himself shape your reading of His appearance?
Chant Kṛṣṇa's holy name today while remembering that He appeared as Gaurahari.
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