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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.92
নাচ, গাও, ভক্তসঙ্গে কর সংকীর্তন ।
কৃষ্ণনাম উপদেশি’ তার’ সর্বজন ॥ ৯২ ॥
nāca, gāo, bhakta-saṅge kara saṅkīrtana
kṛṣṇa-nāma upadeśi’ tāra’ sarva-jana
“ ‘My dear child, continue dancing, chanting and performing saṅkīrtana in association with devotees. Furthermore, go out and preach the value of chanting kṛṣṇa-nāma, for by this process You will be able to deliver all fallen souls.’
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The instruction is to continue dancing, chanting and performing saṅkīrtana with devotees. One should also teach others the value of chanting kṛṣṇa-nāma to deliver fallen souls.
The spiritual master wants disciples to develop their own devotional service and share the saṅkīrtana movement for others’ benefit.
Bhajanānandīs are satisfied to cultivate devotional service for themselves. Goṣṭhy-ānandīs also want others to benefit from the Lord’s holy name and advance in spiritual life.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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: “saṅkīrtana”, “chanting”, “holy name”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “association”
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: “fallen”
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 you cultivate your own devotion while helping someone else benefit from the holy name?
Invite one interested person to join you in chanting the Lord’s holy name.
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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