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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.72
মনে মনে জপে, মুখে না করে আখ্যান ।
এই ইহার মনঃকথা — করি অনুমান ।।” ৭২ ।। ॥ ৭২ ॥
mane mane jape, mukhe nā kare ākhyāna
ei ihāra manaḥ-kathā — kari anumāna”
“This boy chants the mantra within his mind but does not say it aloud. That is his intention, as far as I can guess.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī explained that the boy chanted the mantra within his mind.
The boy did not say it aloud; his silence was understood as an intention to chant inwardly.
Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī qualified his explanation with “as far as I can guess,” rather than claiming certainty about the boy’s intention.
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: “chants”, “chanted”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you be more humble when interpreting another person’s inward intentions?
Spend a quiet moment chanting Kṛṣṇa’s name within your mind.
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