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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.104
তার মধ্যে শিবানন্দ-সঙ্গে কুক্কুর আইলা ।
প্রভু তারে কৃষ্ণ কহাঞা মুক্ত করিলা ॥ ১০৪ ॥
tāra madhye śivānanda-saṅge kukkura āilā
prabhu tāre kṛṣṇa kahāñā mukta karilā
That chapter also describes the incident of Śivānanda Sena’s dog, who was induced by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa and was thus liberated.
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The first chapter also recounts the incident of Śivānanda Sena’s dog.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu induced the dog to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.
The dog was thus liberated, showing the liberating power of the holy name.
Unconditional devotion. Eight prayers move from cleansing the heart to love that endures even without reciprocation.
The mood of Antya 20 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:
For the twelve years Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lived at Jagannātha Purī, He relished the taste of reciting such transcendental verses. Altogether the Lord was present in this mortal world for forty-eight years.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 20
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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”, “holy name”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this account deepen my appreciation for chanting Kṛṣṇa’s holy name?
Take a quiet moment today to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa attentively.
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