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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.81
কিবা মন্ত্র দিলা, গোসাঞি, কিবা তার বল ।
জপিতে জপিতে মন্ত্র করিল পাগল ॥ ৮১ ॥
kibā mantra dilā, gosāñi, kibā tāra bala
japite japite mantra karila pāgala
“ ‘My dear lord, what kind of mantra have you given Me? I have become mad simply by chanting this mahā-mantra!
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
He respectfully addresses His spiritual master as “My dear lord.”
He asks what kind of mantra His spiritual master has given Him.
He says that simply chanting this mahā-mantra has made Him mad.
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: “chanting”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I express my questions about chanting with respect and honesty?
Write one respectful question about your experience of chanting that you would like to ask your spiritual master.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
2 lectures given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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