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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.21
যারে দেখে তারে কহে, — ‘কহ কৃষ্ণনাম’ ।
তাঁহার দর্শনে লোক হয় প্রেমোদ্দাম ॥ ২১ ॥
yāre dekhe tāre kahe, — ‘kaha kṛṣṇa-nāma’
tāṅhāra darśane loka haya premoddāma
He advised whomever he met to chant the holy names Hare Kṛṣṇa. Thus upon seeing him, people were overwhelmed with love of Godhead.
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Nakula Brahmacārī advised whomever he met to chant the holy names Hare Kṛṣṇa.
His encouragement to chant was offered to everyone he met.
Upon seeing him, people were overwhelmed with love of Godhead.
Sorrow and uncompromising discipline. Junior Haridāsa’s exclusion and death present an ethically painful episode.
The mood of Antya 2 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:
Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, the author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, wanted to explain direct meetings with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, meetings with those empowered by Him, and His āvirbhāva appearance. Thus he described the glories of Nṛsiṁhānanda and other devotees.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 2
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of godhead”
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”
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “to everyone”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I respond today to Nakula Brahmacārī’s invitation to chant the holy names?
Set aside one quiet minute today to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.
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