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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.67
‘কৃষ্ণ কহ’ বলি’ প্রভু বলেন বার বার ।
তবু কৃষ্ণনাম বালক না করে উচ্চার ॥ ৬৭ ॥
‘kṛṣṇa kaha’ bali’ prabhu balena bāra bāra
tabu kṛṣṇa-nāma bālaka nā kare uccāra
Again and again Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked the boy to chant the name of Kṛṣṇa, but the boy would not utter the holy name.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu repeatedly asked the boy to chant the name of Kṛṣṇa.
Although the Lord asked again and again, the boy would not utter the holy name.
The later explanation in this passage suggests that the boy’s silence did not mean he was neglecting the name.
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 Kavi-karṇapūra was only seven years old, he was initiated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu into the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. He later became the greatest poet among the Vaiṣṇava ācāryas.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: “chant”, “holy name”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How do you respond to the invitation to chant Kṛṣṇa’s holy name?
Take a quiet moment today to chant the name of Kṛṣṇa.
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