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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.62
বাহু তুলি’ হরি বলি’ প্রেমদৃষ্ট্যে চায় ।
করিয়া কল্মষ নাশ প্রেমেতে ভাসায় ॥ ৬২ ॥
bāhu tuli’ hari bali’ prema-dṛṣṭye cāya
kariyā kalmaṣa nāśa premete bhāsāya
Raising His arms, chanting the holy name and looking upon all with deep love, He drives away all sins and floods everyone with love of Godhead.
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He raises His arms and chants the holy name.
He looks upon all with deep love.
He drives away all sins and floods everyone with love of Godhead.
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: “chanting”, “holy name”, “chants”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of godhead”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What touches me about His looking upon all with deep love?
Chant the holy name for a brief moment while remembering His loving glance upon all.
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