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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.325
ত্রয়োদশে মহাপ্রভুর ‘জন্ম–বিবরণ’ ।
কৃষ্ণনাম–সহ যৈছে প্রভুর জনম ॥ ৩২৫ ॥
trayodaśe mahāprabhura ‘janma-vivaraṇa’
kṛṣṇa-nāma-saha yaiche prabhura janama
The thirteenth chapter describes the birth of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, which took place with the chanting of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.
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The thirteenth chapter describes the birth of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
His birth took place with the chanting of the holy name.
The holy name being chanted was that of Kṛṣṇa.
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: “chanting”, “holy name”
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What does this account help me remember about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s birth?
Chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa today, remembering that this chanting accompanied Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s birth.
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