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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.115
হরিধ্বনি করি’ সবে কৈলা আস্বাদন ।
আস্বাদিতে প্রেমে মত্ত হইল সবার মন ॥ ১১৫ ॥
hari-dhvani kari’ sabe kailā āsvādana
āsvādite preme matta ha-ila sabāra mana
Loudly chanting the holy name of Hari, all of them tasted the prasādam. As they tasted it, their minds became mad in the ecstasy of love.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Everyone loudly chanted the holy name of Hari.
Together they tasted the prasādam with the faith and devotion invited in the preceding verse.
As they tasted it, their minds became overwhelmed by the ecstasy of love.
Sweetness amidst longing. Jagannātha’s prasādam awakens intense awareness of Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness.
The mood of Antya 16 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:
He later became the greatest poet among the Vaiṣṇava ācāryas. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ate the remnants of food known as vallabha-bhoga, He described the glories of such remnants of the Lord’s food and then fed all the devotees the prasādam.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 16
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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”, “hari”
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”
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “together”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about the joining of chanting, prasādam, and love?
Chant the holy name of Hari aloud today, remembering the devotees’ joyful reception of prasādam.
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