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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 8: The Author Receives the Orders of Kṛṣṇa and Guru
Ādi 8.27Ādi 8.29-30

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.28

অনায়াসে ভবক্ষয়, কৃষ্ণের সেবন ।

এক কৃষ্ণনামের ফলে পাই এত ধন ॥ ২৮ ॥

anāyāse bhava-kṣaya, kṛṣṇera sevana

eka kṛṣṇa-nāmera phale pāi eta dhana

Translation

As a result of chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, one makes such great advancement in spiritual life that simultaneously his material existence terminates and he receives love of Godhead. The holy name of Kṛṣṇa is so powerful that by chanting even one name, one very easily achieves these transcendental riches.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Holy Name Grants Transcendental Riches

  1. 1

    Chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra brings great advancement in spiritual life.

  2. 2

    Through this chanting, material existence terminates and love of Godhead is received.

  3. 3

    The holy name of Kṛṣṇa is so powerful that even chanting one name can very easily bring these transcendental riches.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Ādi 8: The Author Receives the Orders of Kṛṣṇa and Guru

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. anāyāsewithout hard labor
  2. bhava-kṣayastoppage of repetition of birth and death
  3. kṛṣṇeraof Lord Kṛṣṇa
  4. sevanaservice
  5. ekaone
  6. kṛṣṇa-nāmerachanting the name of Kṛṣṇa
  7. phaleas a result of
  8. pāiwe achieve
  9. etaso much
  10. dhanawealth
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Key ideas in this 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”, “holy name”

  • 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 of godhead”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might remembering the holy name’s power change the way I chant?

Practice

Chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra today while remembering that the holy name grants love of Godhead.

Live this todayThe Holy Name Grants Transcendental RichesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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