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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.126
এতকাল কেহ নাহি কৈল হিন্দুয়ানি ।
এবে যে উদ্যম চালাও, কার বল জানি’ ॥ ১২৬ ॥
eta-kāla keha nāhi kaila hinduyāni
ebe ye udyama cālāo kāra bala jāni’
“For so long you did not follow the regulative principles of the Hindu religion, but now you are following them with great enthusiasm. May I know by whose strength you are doing so?
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The purport describes followers of Vedic principles in Bengal as having been greatly suppressed from the aggression of Baktiyār Khiliji until Chand Kazi’s time.
Previously, Hindus had not been able to practice their religious principles freely. Now they were freely chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
Chand Kazi questioned whose strength enabled them to practice with such enthusiasm and daring.
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:
When Śrī Kṛṣṇa assumed the form of the four-armed Nārāyaṇa, the gopīs showed their respect, but they were not very interested in Him. In the ecstatic love of the gopīs, all worshipable forms but Kṛṣṇa are rejected.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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: “freely”
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”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I appreciate the opportunity to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra freely?
Chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra today with deliberate attention and enthusiasm.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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