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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.96
শ্রীবাস বলেন,—যে তোমার নাম লয় ।
তার কোটি অপরাধ সব হয় ক্ষয় ॥ ৯৬ ॥
śrīvāsa balena, — ye tomāra nāma laya
tāra koṭi aparādha saba haya kṣaya
Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura replied, “Anyone who takes Your holy name vanquishes ten million of his offenses immediately.
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Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura replied to the Lord by speaking of His holy name.
He said that anyone who takes the Lord’s holy name vanquishes ten million offenses.
He emphasized that these offenses are vanquished immediately.
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 attitude of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is considered the superexcellent devotional mentality. As Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Kṛṣṇa Himself assumed the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī to taste Her ecstatic situation.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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this statement encourage you to take the Lord’s holy name?
Set aside a quiet moment today to take the Lord’s holy name.
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