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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.72
ভক্তগণে প্রভু নাম–মহিমা কহিল ।
শুনিয়া পড়ুয়া তাঁহা অর্থবাদ কৈল ॥ ৭২ ॥
bhakta-gaṇe prabhu nāma-mahimā kahila
śuniyā paḍuyā tāhāṅ artha-vāda kaila
Once when the Lord explained the glories of the holy name to the devotees, some ordinary students who heard Him fashioned their own interpretation.
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The Lord explained the glories of the holy name to the devotees.
Some ordinary students also heard His explanation.
Those students fashioned their own interpretation of what they heard.
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:
To understand Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s ecstatic love for Him, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa assumed the form of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The attitude of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is considered the superexcellent devotional mentality.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: “holy name”
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When I hear about the holy name, do I listen carefully or impose my own interpretation?
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