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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.15
প্রভু তুষ্ট হঞা সাধ্য–সাধন কহিল ।
নাম–সংকীর্তন কর,—উপদেশ কৈল ॥ ১৫ ॥
prabhu tuṣṭa hañā sādhya-sādhana kahila
nāma-saṅkīrtana kara, — upadeśa kaila
The Lord, being satisfied, instructed him about the object of life and the process for attaining it. He instructed him that the basic principle of success is to chant the holy name of the Lord [the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra].
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The satisfied Lord instructed Tapana Miśra about life’s goal and the process for attaining it. He taught that the basic principle of success is chanting the holy name, the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is based on chanting regularly according to the prescribed principles. Śrīla Prabhupāda asks his Western students to chant at least sixteen rounds daily.
Books and worshiping methods should not divert attention from chanting. Lord Caitanya first advised Tapana Miśra to fix his mind on chanting, and members of the movement must strictly follow this advice.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Grief and transformed pride. Lakṣmīdevī’s departure brings sorrow; Keśava Kāśmīrī’s pride yields to surrender.
The mood of Ādi 16 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:
This chapter fully describes Lord Caitanya’s kaiśora-līlā, or the activities He performed just before attaining youth. During this time He studied deeply and was victorious over greatly learned scholars.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 16
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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”, “holy name”, “chanting”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can you set aside today so that your attention stays on chanting?
Set aside a specific time today to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra without distractions.
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