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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.211
কৃষ্ণের কীর্তন করে নীচ বাড় বাড় ।
এই পাপে নবদ্বীপ হইবে উজাড় ॥ ২১১ ॥
kṛṣṇera kīrtana kare nīca bāḍa bāḍa
ei pāpe navadvīpa ha-ibe ujāḍa
“ ‘Now the lower classes are chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra again and again. For this sinful activity, the entire city of Navadvīpa will become deserted.
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People described by the speakers as the lower classes are chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
They are chanting again and again.
The speakers call this sinful and predict that the entire city of Navadvīpa will become deserted.
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: “chanting”
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How do the speakers judge the people who are chanting?
Distinguish the reported activity of chanting from the speakers’ judgment and prediction.
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