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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.116
কৃষ্ণনাম লইতে তোমার ‘অর্ধবাহ্য’ হইল ।
তাতে যে প্রলাপ কৈলা, তাহা যে শুনিল ।।” ১১৬ ।। ॥ ১১৬ ॥
kṛṣṇa-nāma la-ite tomāra ‘ardha-bāhya’ ha-ila
tāte ye pralāpa kailā, tāhā ye śunila”
“When we chanted the holy name of Kṛṣṇa, however, You came to semiconsciousness, and we have all been hearing You speak like a madman.”
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His companions chanted the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.
As they chanted, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to semiconsciousness.
They heard Him speak as if mad; the surrounding verses connect His speech with His vision of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes.
Desperate longing and relief. Mistaking the sea for Yamunā, the Lord enters it; devotees find and revive Him.
The mood of Antya 18 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:
Thereafter, when the devotees chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra loudly, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to His external consciousness. Then they brought Him back to His own residence.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 18
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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: “chanted”, “holy name”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What place can chanting Kṛṣṇa’s holy name have in my day?
Set aside one quiet minute today to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.
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