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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.198
ম্লেচ্ছ কহে,—হিন্দুরে আমি করি পরিহাস ।
কেহ কেহ—কৃষ্ণদাস, কেহ—রামদাস ॥ ১৯৮ ॥
mleccha kahe, — hindure āmi kari parihāsa
keha keha — kṛṣṇadāsa, keha — rāmadāsa
“The meat-eater replied, ‘Sometimes I joke with the Hindus. Some of them are called Kṛṣṇadāsa, and some are called Rāmadāsa.
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The meat-eater begins explaining why he chants.
He says that he sometimes jokes with the Hindus.
He mentions that some are named Kṛṣṇadāsa and others Rāmadāsa.
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 same Absolute Truth who enjoys as Kṛṣṇa, Śyāmasundara, who plays His flute and dances with the gopīs, sometimes takes birth in a brāhmaṇa family and plays the part of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, accepting the renounced order of life. It appears contradictory that the same Kṛṣṇa accepted the ecstasy of the gopīs, and of course this is very difficult for an ordinary person to understand.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: “chants”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How do I speak about people whose religious customs differ from mine?
Today, avoid making someone’s religious name a subject of joking.
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