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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.195
‘হরি’ ‘হরি’ করি’ হিন্দু করে কোলাহল ।
পাতসাহ শুনিলে তোমার করিবেক ফল ॥ ১৯৫ ॥
‘hari’ ‘hari’ kari’ hindu kare kolāhala
pātasāha śunile tomāra karibeka phala
“ ‘Vibrating “Hari, Hari,” the Hindus make a tumultuous sound. If the king [pātasāha] hears it, certainly he will punish you.’
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The petitioner described the chanting of “Hari, Hari” as tumultuous and warned that the king would punish the person being addressed.
Pātasāha means the king. The purport identifies the ruler at that time as Nawab Hussain Shah, the independent King of Bengal.
The purport recounts violence surrounding the throne. It also describes the cruelty of Hussain Shah’s successor, Nasaratsā, who committed many atrocities against the Vaiṣṇavas.
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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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: “hari”, “chanting”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the purport’s account of the rulers help you understand the threat of punishment?
Write a short definition of pātasāha and note why invoking the king made the warning serious.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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