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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.76
হরের্নাম হরের্নাম হরের্নামৈব কেবলম্ ।
কলৌ নাস্ত্যেব নাস্ত্যেব নাস্ত্যেব গতিরন্যথা ॥ ৭৬ ॥
harer nāma harer nāma
harer nāmaiva kevalam
kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva
nāsty eva gatir anyathā
“ ‘For spiritual progress in this Age of Kali, there is no alternative, there is no alternative, there is no alternative to the holy name, the holy name, the holy name of the Lord.’
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
For Satya-yuga, the scriptures recommend meditation; for Tretā-yuga, sacrifice for Lord Viṣṇu's satisfaction; and for Dvāpara-yuga, gorgeous temple worship.
In the Age of Kali, spiritual progress can be achieved only by chanting the holy name of the Lord.
The translation repeats both 'no alternative' and 'the holy name' three times. The purport explains that various scriptures confirm this teaching.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Quoted in the purport ofSB 11.2.40
In his purports to Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Ādi 7.76), Śrīla Prabhupāda has given an elaborate explanation of this verse.
Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.
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
Learn the words of the 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: “holy name”, “chanting”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What place does chanting the holy name have in my daily pursuit of spiritual progress?
Choose a specific time today and spend a few minutes chanting the holy name of the Lord.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it · quoted in 62 more lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
In each of these he quotes this verse while speaking on another verse or subject. "Find the quote" opens the transcript at that spot.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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