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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.5
তাঁ-সবার সঙ্গে আইল কালিদাস নাম ।
কৃষ্ণনাম বিনা তেঁহো নাহি কহে আন ॥ ৫ ॥
tāṅ-sabāra saṅge āila kālidāsa nāma
kṛṣṇa-nāma vinā teṅho nāhi kahe āna
Along with the devotees from Bengal came a gentleman named Kālidāsa. He never uttered anything but the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.
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A gentleman named Kālidāsa came with the devotees from Bengal.
He joined them on their visit to Jagannātha Purī to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Kālidāsa never uttered anything but the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.
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:
When the Bengali devotees of the Lord returned to Jagannātha Purī, a gentleman named Kālidāsa, who was an uncle of Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, went with them to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Kālidāsa had tasted the remnants of food of all the Vaiṣṇavas in Bengal, even Jhaḍu Ṭhākura.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 16
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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: “holy name”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What place does the holy name of Kṛṣṇa have in your daily speech?
Set aside one quiet minute today to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.
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