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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.217
তোমার মুখে কৃষ্ণনাম,—এ বড় বিচিত্র ।
পাপক্ষয় গেল, হৈলা পরম পবিত্র ॥ ২১৭ ॥
tomāra mukhe kṛṣṇa-nāma, — e baḍa vicitra
pāpa-kṣaya gela, hailā parama pavitra
“The chanting of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa from your mouth has performed a wonder — it has nullified the reactions of all your sinful activities. Now you have become supremely pure.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu confirms that people can be purified simply by chanting the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Although the Kazi was a Muslim meat-eater, he uttered Kṛṣṇa’s holy name several times. The reactions of his sinful life were vanquished, and he was fully purified of material contamination.
The purport rejects opposition to bringing all classes of people to the highest standard of Vaiṣṇavism. It criticizes excluding European and American Vaiṣṇavas from temples of Viṣṇu.
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:
Therefore the son of Śacī is the son of Yaśodā. Śrī Nityānanda occupies an ecstatic position of parental love in servitude and fraternal attraction.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”, “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.
How does the Kazi’s purification challenge judgments based on someone’s background?
Chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa today, remembering its power to purify.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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