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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.102
আনিয়া কৃষ্ণেরে করোঁ কীর্তন সঞ্চার ।
তবে সে ‘অদ্বৈত’ নাম সফল আমার ॥ ১০২ ॥
āniyā kṛṣṇere karoṅ kīrtana sañcāra
tabe se ‘advaita’ nāma saphala āmāra
“My name, ‘Advaita,’ will be fitting if I am able to induce Kṛṣṇa to inaugurate the movement of the chanting of the holy name.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Advaita says His name will be fitting if He can induce Kṛṣṇa to inaugurate the movement of chanting the holy name.
Advaita Prabhu is nondifferent from the Lord, yet He does not merge with Him. As a plenary portion, He eternally renders service while retaining His separate identity.
Māyāvādīs mistakenly think that nondualism requires losing one’s separate identity. Their thinking in terms of mundane sense perception cannot grasp Advaita Prabhu’s relationship with the Lord.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Compassion and urgency. The holy name is offered for the age; divine love moves outward toward others.
The mood of Ādi 3 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:
According to the Vedic literature, the foremost occupational duty for humanity in this Age of Kali is nāma-saṅkīrtana, or congregational chanting of the holy name of the Lord. The incarnation for this age especially preaches this process, but only Kṛṣṇa Himself can explain the confidential loving service performed in the four principal varieties of loving affairs between the Supreme Lord and His devotees.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 3
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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”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “relationship”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does Advaita Prabhu’s example deepen my appreciation of service to the Lord?
Offer a brief prayer asking Kṛṣṇa to help the movement of chanting His holy name.
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