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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.206
মোর নাম শুনে যেই তার পুণ্য ক্ষয় ।
মোর নাম লয় যেই তার পাপ হয় ॥ ২০৬ ॥
mora nāma śune yei tāra puṇya kṣaya
mora nāma laya yei tāra pāpa haya
Anyone who hears my name loses the results of his pious activities. Anyone who utters my name becomes sinful.
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The author says that anyone who hears his name loses the results of pious activities.
He says that anyone who utters his name becomes sinful.
These statements express his deeply humble view of himself, rather than any claim to personal glory.
Shelter and wonder. The glory of Nityānanda reveals the intimate support behind the descent.
The mood of Ādi 5 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:
In this chapter the author has described the history of his leaving home for a personal pilgrimage to Vṛndāvana and his achieving all success there. In this description it is revealed that the author’s original paternal home and birthplace were in the district of Katwa, in the village of Jhāmaṭapura, which is near Naihāṭī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “humble”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How attached am I to having others speak well of my name?
Let one opportunity to draw attention to your own goodness pass without seeking praise.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
Quoted in 2 lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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