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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.6
মহাভাগবত তেঁহো সরল উদার ।
কৃষ্ণনাম-‘সঙ্কেতে’ চালায় ব্যবহার ॥ ৬ ॥
mahā-bhāgavata teṅho sarala udāra
kṛṣṇa-nāma-‘saṅkete’ cālāya vyavahāra
Kālidāsa was a very advanced devotee, yet he was simple and liberal. He would chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa while performing all his ordinary dealings.
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Kālidāsa was a very advanced devotee.
Despite his advancement, he remained simple and liberal.
He chanted the holy name of Kṛṣṇa while performing all his ordinary dealings.
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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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: “chant”, “holy name”, “chanted”
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “liberal”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which ordinary activity could become an opportunity for you to chant Kṛṣṇa’s holy name?
Chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa while doing one simple household task today.
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