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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 13.93
অষ্টপ্রহর রামনাম জপেন রাত্রি-দিনে ।
সর্ব ত্যজি’ চলিলা জগন্নাথ-দরশনে ॥ ৯৩ ॥
aṣṭa-prahara rāma-nāma japena rātri-dine
sarva tyaji’ calilā jagannātha-daraśane
Rāmadāsa had renounced everything and was going to see Lord Jagannātha. While traveling, he chanted the holy name of Lord Rāma twenty-four hours a day.
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Rāmadāsa had renounced everything.
He was traveling to see Lord Jagannātha.
Throughout his journey, he chanted the holy name of Lord Rāma twenty-four hours a day.
Concern and affectionate restraint. Devotees seek to care for the Lord while He maintains His renounced practice.
The mood of Antya 13 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:
When Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī left Vārāṇasī on his way to Jagannātha Purī after completing his education, he met Rāmadāsa Viśvāsa Paṇḍita. Viśvāsa Paṇḍita was very proud of his education, and being an impersonalist, he was not well received by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 13
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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: “chanted”, “holy name”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When could you make room for chanting the holy name during your daily activities?
Spend a few minutes today chanting the holy name of Lord Rāma.
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