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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.75
কতক্ষণে প্রভুর কাণে শব্দ পরশিল ।
হুঙ্কার করিয়া প্রভু তবহি উঠিল ॥ ৭৫ ॥
kata-kṣaṇe prabhura kāṇe śabda paraśila
huṅkāra kariyā prabhu tabahi uṭhila
After some time the sound of the holy name entered the ear of the Lord, who immediately got up, making a great noise.
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The devotees had been loudly chanting the holy name into the Lord’s ear.
After some time, the sound of the holy name entered His ear.
The Lord immediately got up, making a great noise.
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:
Since the fisherman was afraid of being haunted by a ghost, Svarūpa Dāmodara gave him a slap and chanted Hare Kṛṣṇa, which immediately pacified him. Thereafter, when the devotees chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra loudly, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to His external consciousness.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: “holy name”, “chanting”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to me about the Lord’s response to the holy name?
Read this verse slowly, then spend a quiet moment chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.
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