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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features
Ādi 7.158Ādi 7.160

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.159

বাহু তুলি’ প্রভু বলে,—বল হরি হরি ।

হরিধ্বনি করে লোক স্বর্গমর্ত্য ভরি’ ॥ ১৫৯ ॥

bāhu tuli’ prabhu bale, — bala hari hari

hari-dhvani kare loka svarga-martya bhari’

Translation

Whenever the crowds were too great, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stood up, raised His hands and chanted, “Hari! Hari!” to which all the people responded, filling both the land and sky with the vibration.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Responding Together to the Holy Name

  1. 1

    Whenever the crowds were too great, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stood up and raised His hands.

  2. 2

    He chanted, “Hari! Hari!” and all the people responded.

  3. 3

    Their chanting filled both the land and sky with its vibration.

How it feels

Collective delight. The Pañca-tattva gives divine love a relational and communal form.

The mood of Ādi 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. bāhu tuli’raising the arms
  2. prabhuLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. balespeaks
  4. balaall of you chant
  5. hari harithe holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa (Hari)
  6. hari-dhvanithe sound vibration of Hari
  7. karedoes
  8. lokaall people
  9. svarga-martyain heaven, the sky and the land
  10. bhari’completely filling
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Key ideas in this verse

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: “chanted”, “hari”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can you join in chanting with a more attentive response?

Practice

Today, take a moment to chant “Hari! Hari!” aloud.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todayResponding Together to the Holy NameThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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