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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.123
মৃদঙ্গ–করতাল সংকীর্তন–মহাধ্বনি ।
‘হরি’ ‘হরি’–ধ্বনি বিনা অন্য নাহি শুনি ॥ ১২৩ ॥
mṛdaṅga-karatāla saṅkīrtana-mahādhvani
‘hari’ ‘hari’ — dhvani vinā anya nāhi śuni
When the saṅkīrtana movement thus started, no one in Navadvīpa could hear any sound other than the words “Hari! Hari!” and the beating of the mṛdaṅga and clashing of hand bells.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Navadvīpa resounded with “Hari! Hari!”, the beating of the mṛdaṅga, and clashing hand bells. The purport directs the managers of the world center in Navadvīpa, Māyāpur, to maintain chanting twenty-four hours a day.
All such saṅkīrtana must begin with the holy names of the five tattvas: śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda. The Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra follows.
After these, the song beginning haraye namaḥ should be added, especially in Māyāpur, as it was a favorite of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s. Chanting should fill the atmosphere with the Lord’s holy names, making the center spiritually all-perfect.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.
The mood of Ādi 17 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:
The King of Vrajabhūmi is Nanda Mahārāja, and the same person in Navadvīpa is Jagannātha Miśra, the father of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Similarly, mother Yaśodā is the Queen of Vrajabhūmi, and in the pastimes of Lord Caitanya she is Śacīmātā.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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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: “saṅkīrtana”, “hari”, “chanting”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “favorite”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you give the Lord’s holy names more space in what you hear each day?
Today, chant śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda, then the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, followed by haraye namaḥ, kṛṣṇa yādavāya namaḥ/ gopāla govinda rāma śrī-madhusūdana.
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