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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.40
সেই দ্বারে আচণ্ডালে কীর্তন সঞ্চারে ।
নাম–প্রেমমালা গাঁথি’ পরাইল সংসারে ॥ ৪০ ॥
sei dvāre ācaṇḍāle kīrtana sañcāre
nāma-prema-mālā gāṅthi’ parāila saṁsāre
Thus He spread kīrtana even among the untouchables. He wove a wreath of the holy name and prema, with which He garlanded the entire material world.
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The Lord spread kīrtana even among those considered untouchable.
He wove a wreath of the holy name and prema.
With this wreath, He garlanded the entire material world.
Profound longing. Kṛṣṇa desires to taste Rādhā’s love, His own sweetness as She sees it, and Her joy.
The mood of Ādi 4 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:
The subject of those loving transactions is the Lord Himself, and Rādhārāṇī is the object. Thus the subject, the Lord, wanted to relish the loving mellow in the position of the object, Rādhārāṇī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 4
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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: “holy name”, “kīrtana”
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: “prema”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Does my willingness to share the holy name extend beyond social distinctions?
Warmly invite someone to chant the holy name with you, without judging their social standing.
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