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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.7
কৌতুকেতে তেঁহো যদি পাশক খেলায় ।
‘হরে কৃষ্ণ’ ‘কৃষ্ণ’ করি’ পাশক চালায় ॥ ৭ ॥
kautukete teṅho yadi pāśaka khelāya
‘hare kṛṣṇa’ ‘kṛṣṇa’ kari’ pāśaka cālāya
When he used to throw dice in jest, he would chant Hare Kṛṣṇa while throwing the dice.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kālidāsa chanted Hare Kṛṣṇa while throwing dice only in jest. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura warns us not to imitate him.
Playing dice is gambling, and imitating Kālidāsa by gambling while chanting leads to offenses unto the holy name. One must not commit sinful activities on the strength of chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra.
A mahā-bhāgavata never forgets the basic principles, though the activities of a pure devotee may be beyond our understanding. Therefore, we should not imitate Kālidāsa.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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”, “chanted”, “holy name”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “pure devotee”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do you ever treat chanting as an excuse to overlook conduct you know is wrong?
Before chanting today, pause and resolve not to use the holy name as an excuse for sinful activity.
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