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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.212
হিন্দুশাস্ত্রে ‘ঈশ্বর’ নাম—মহামন্ত্র জানি ।
সর্বলোক শুনিলে মন্ত্রের বীর্য হয় হানি ॥ ২১২ ॥
hindu-śāstre ‘īśvara’ nāma — mahā-mantra jāni
sarva-loka śunile mantrera vīrya haya hāni
“ ‘According to Hindu scripture, God’s name is the most powerful hymn. If everyone hears the chanting of the name, the potency of the hymn will be lost.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
To consider chanting the holy name of the Lord equal to an auspicious religious ceremony is an offense.
Materialists manufacture religious principles to live comfortably and carry out their material activities without disturbance.
The purport rejects the claim that any name is equally suitable merely for invoking an auspicious atmosphere in society.
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:
There is no need of mundane arguments in this connection, because mundane arguments are meaningless in regard to inconceivable potency. At the end of the seventeenth chapter, Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, following in the footsteps of Śrīla Vyāsadeva, has summarized all the ādi-līlā pastimes separately.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: “chanting”, “holy name”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I approach chanting as merely a way to make material life more comfortable?
Take a brief moment to chant the holy name, remembering that it is not merely an auspicious religious ceremony.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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