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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Antya-līlā · Chapter 16: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Tastes Nectar from the Lips of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Antya 16.68Antya 16.70

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.69

প্রভু কহে, — “আমি নাম জগতে লওয়াইলুঁ ।

স্থাবরে পর্যন্ত কৃষ্ণনাম কহাইতে ! ৬৯ ।। ইহারে নারিলুঁ কৃষ্ণনাম কহাইতে!” শুনিয়া স্বরূপগোসাঞি লাগিলা কহিতে ॥ ৬৯ ॥

prabhu kahe, — “āmi nāma jagate laoyāiluṅ

sthāvare paryanta kṛṣṇa-nāma kahāiluṅ

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “I have induced the whole world to take to the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. I have induced even the trees and immovable plants to chant the holy name.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Holy Name Reaches the Whole World

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that He had induced the whole world to take to Kṛṣṇa’s holy name.

  2. 2

    He said that He had induced even trees and immovable plants to chant.

  3. 3

    His words describe the extraordinary reach of His invitation to chant the holy name.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Antya 16: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Tastes Nectar from the Lips of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prabhu kaheŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said
  2. āmiI
  3. nāmathe holy name
  4. jagatethroughout the whole world
  5. laoyāiluṅinduced to take
  6. sthāvarethe unmovable
  7. paryantaup to
  8. kṛṣṇa-nāmathe holy name of Kṛṣṇa
  9. kahāiluṅI induced to chant
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Key ideas in this verse

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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What strikes you about the Lord’s statement that even trees and plants were induced to chant?

Practice

Chant Kṛṣṇa’s holy name today while remembering the Lord’s invitation to the whole world.

Live this todayThe Holy Name Reaches the Whole WorldThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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