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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.40
কলিযুগে যুগধর্ম—নামের প্রচার ।
তথি লাগি’ পীতবর্ণ চৈতন্যাবতার ॥ ৪০ ॥
kali-yuge yuga-dharma — nāmera pracāra
tathi lāgi’ pīta-varṇa caitanyāvatāra
The religious practice for the Age of Kali is to broadcast the glories of the holy name. Only for this purpose has the Lord, in a yellow color, descended as Lord Caitanya.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The religious practice for the Age of Kali is to broadcast the glories of the holy name. The Lord descended in a yellow color as Lord Caitanya for this purpose.
Chanting the name of Godhead is the practical system of religion for everyone in this age. Lord Caitanya introduced it.
Bhakti-yoga actually begins with chanting the holy name. Madhvācārya confirms this in his commentary on the Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad.
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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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”, “chanting”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you make a small place for chanting the holy name in your day?
Set aside one quiet minute today to chant the name of Godhead.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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