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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.19
এই মত বঙ্গের লোকের কৈলা মহা হিত ।
‘নাম’ দিয়া ভক্ত কৈল, পড়াঞা পণ্ডিত ॥ ১৯ ॥
ei mata baṅgera lokera kailā mahā hita
‘nāma’ diyā bhakta kaila, paḍāñā paṇḍita
In this way Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu contributed the greatest benefit to the people of East Bengal by initiating them into hari-nāma, the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, and making them learned scholars by educating them.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave the greatest benefit to the people of East Bengal by initiating them into hari-nāma, the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. He also educated them, making them learned scholars.
Following His footsteps, the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement distributes the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra and encourages people throughout the world to chant.
The movement also distributes transcendental literature translated into the world’s important languages. These efforts humbly serve the Lord’s desire that His teachings be preached worldwide.
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:
During this time He studied deeply and was victorious over greatly learned scholars. During His kaiśora-līlā the Lord also sported in the water.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 16
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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: “chanting”, “hari-nāma”
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “distributes”
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: “serve”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can chanting and reading transcendental literature become part of your day?
Set aside a few minutes today to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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