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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.141
কীর্তনের ধ্বনিতে কাজী লুকাইল ঘরে ।
তর্জন গর্জন শুনি’ না হয় বাহিরে ॥ ১৪১ ॥
kīrtanera dhvanite kājī lukāila ghare
tarjana garjana śuni’ nā haya bāhire
The loud sound of the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra certainly made the Kazi very much afraid, and he hid himself within his room. Hearing the people thus protesting, murmuring in great anger, the Kazi would not come out of his home.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Kazi’s prohibition of saṅkīrtana could stand only as long as there was no civil disobedience.
Under the leadership of the Supreme Lord, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, thousands assembled in groups and chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
Their tumultuous chanting and angry protest frightened the Kazi. He hid in his room and would not come out.
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:
As Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Kṛṣṇa Himself assumed the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī to taste Her ecstatic situation. No one else could do this.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.
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”, “saṅkīrtana”, “chanted”
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: “assembled”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this passage help you appreciate chanting together under Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s leadership?
Invite someone to join you in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra today.
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