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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.60
জীবের কল্মষ–তমো নাশ করিবারে ।
অঙ্গ–উপাঙ্গ–নাম নানা অস্ত্র ধরে ॥ ৬০ ॥
jīvera kalmaṣa-tamo nāśa karibāre
aṅga-upāṅga-nāma nānā astra dhare
The sinful life of the living beings results from ignorance. To destroy that ignorance, He has brought various weapons, such as His plenary associates, His devotees and the holy name.
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The sinful life of living beings results from ignorance.
He has brought various weapons to destroy that ignorance.
These weapons include His plenary associates, His devotees and the holy name.
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:
He has described bodily symptoms in Lord Caitanya that are visible only in the person of the Supreme Lord, and he has proved that Lord Caitanya appeared with His personal associates — Śrī Nityānanda, Advaita, Gadādhara, Śrīvāsa and other devotees — to preach the special significance of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. The appearance of Lord Caitanya is both significant and confidential.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”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “associates”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might I approach the holy name as help against ignorance?
Take a brief moment to chant the holy name, remembering that He has brought it to destroy ignorance.
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