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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.73
নামে স্তুতিবাদ শুনি’ প্রভুর হৈল দুঃখ ।
সবারে নিষেধিল,—ইহার না দেখিহ মুখ ॥ ৭৩ ॥
nāme stuti-vāda śuni’ prabhura haila duḥkha
sabāre niṣedhila, — ihāra nā dekhiha mukha
When a student interpreted the glories of the holy name as a prayer of exaggeration, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, greatly unhappy, immediately warned everyone not to see the student’s face henceforward.
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A student claimed that the holy name’s glories were exaggerations meant to induce people to chant. This interpretation is called artha-vāda and is one of the ten offenses against the holy name.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was greatly unhappy and warned everyone not to see the offender’s face. He immediately bathed in the Ganges with His clothes on to teach everyone to avoid nāma-aparādha.
The holy name is identical with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One should never distinguish between the Lord and His name or regard the name’s glories as mere exaggerations.
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:
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”, “chant”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How would remembering that the holy name is the Lord Himself affect my chanting?
Chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra today, remembering that the Lord and His holy name are not different.
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