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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.71
“তুমি কৃষ্ণনাম-মন্ত্র কৈলা উপদেশে ।
মন্ত্র পাঞা কা’র আগে না করে প্রকাশে ॥ ৭১ ॥
“tumi kṛṣṇa-nāma-mantra kailā upadeśe
mantra pāñā kā’ra āge nā kare prakāśe
“My Lord,” he said, “You have given him initiation into the name of Kṛṣṇa, but after receiving the mantra he will not express it in front of everyone.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī said that the Lord had given the boy initiation into the name of Kṛṣṇa.
He explained that, after receiving the mantra, the boy would not express it in front of everyone.
His explanation distinguished receiving the mantra from saying it aloud before others.
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this explanation change your understanding of the boy’s silence?
Reflect for a minute on the difference between receiving the holy name and outwardly expressing it.
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