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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.24
‘কৃষ্ণনাম’ করে অপরাধের বিচার ।
কৃষ্ণ বলিলে অপরাধীর না হয় বিকার ॥ ২৪ ॥
‘kṛṣṇa-nāma’ kare aparādhera vicāra
kṛṣṇa balile aparādhīra nā haya vikāra
There are offenses to be considered while chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. Therefore simply by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa one does not become ecstatic.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Offenses must be considered when chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. Simply chanting does not therefore mean one immediately becomes ecstatic.
It is very beneficial to chant śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda before the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
The purport states that chanting these two holy names immediately brings ecstasy. By then chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, one becomes free of offenses.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Vulnerability and obedience. Kavirāja writes by mercy and command rather than personal self-assertion.
The mood of Ādi 8 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
In this chapter the glories of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda are described, and it is also stated that one who commits offenses in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra does not achieve love of Godhead, even after chanting for many years. In this connection, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura warns against artificial displays of the bodily symptoms called aṣṭa-sāttvika-vikāra.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 8
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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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I follow this guidance in my chanting today?
Before chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra today, chant śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda.
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