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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.34
শেষলীলায় ধরে নাম ‘শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য’ ।
শ্রীকৃষ্ণ জানায়ে সব বিশ্ব কৈল ধন্য ॥ ৩৪ ॥
śeṣa-līlāya dhare nāma ‘śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya’
śrī-kṛṣṇa jānāye saba viśva kaila dhanya
In His later pastimes He is known as Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya. He blesses the whole world by teaching about the name and fame of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
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In His later pastimes, He is known as Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya. He blesses the whole world by teaching about the name and fame of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
Lord Caitanya remained a householder until His twenty-fourth year had passed. Then He entered the renounced order.
He remained manifest in this material world until His forty-eighth year. His śeṣa-līlā, the final portion of His activities, therefore lasted twenty-four years.
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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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In this verse: “blesses”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does it mean to you that teaching about Kṛṣṇa’s name and fame blesses the whole world?
Spend a minute today reflecting on the name of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa as a blessing.
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