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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.83
কৃষ্ণনাম–মহামন্ত্রের এই ত’ স্বভাব ।
যেই জপে, তার কৃষ্ণে উপজয়ে ভাব ॥ ৮৩ ॥
kṛṣṇa-nāma-mahā-mantrera ei ta’ svabhāva
yei jape, tāra kṛṣṇe upajaye bhāva
“ ‘It is the nature of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra that anyone who chants it immediately develops his loving ecstasy for Kṛṣṇa.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
It is the nature of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra that anyone who chants it immediately develops loving ecstasy for Kṛṣṇa.
This ecstasy is called bhāva, the point at which revelation begins.
Bhāva is the preliminary stage in developing one’s original love for God.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Ādi 7.83 quotesBG 10.8
Lord Kṛṣṇa mentions this bhāva stage in the Bhagavad-gītā (10.8):
Quoted in the purport ofSB 11.2.40
“It is the nature of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra that anyone who chants it immediately develops his loving ecstasy for Kṛṣṇa.”
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: “chants”
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: “love”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “bhāva”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does understanding bhāva help me see the purpose of chanting?
Chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra today while remembering its purpose: awakening love for Kṛṣṇa.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture 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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