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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.11

নামসঙ্কীর্তন হৈতে সর্বানর্থ-নাশ ।

সর্ব-শুভোদয়, কৃষ্ণ-প্রেমের উল্লাস ॥ ১১ ॥

nāma-saṅkīrtana haite sarvānartha-nāśa

sarva-śubhodaya, kṛṣṇa-premera ullāsa

Translation

“Simply by chanting the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa, one can be freed from all undesirable habits. This is the means of awakening all good fortune and initiating the flow of waves of love for Kṛṣṇa.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Chanting Awakens Good Fortune and Love

  1. 1

    Simply by chanting Lord Kṛṣṇa’s holy name, one can become free from all undesirable habits.

  2. 2

    Chanting is the means of awakening all good fortune.

  3. 3

    It initiates the flow of waves of love for Kṛṣṇa.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Antya 20: The Śikṣāṣṭaka Prayers

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Sometimes He recited verses from Jayadeva Gosvāmī’s Gīta-govinda, from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, from Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya’s Jagannātha-vallabha-nāṭaka or from Śrī Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura’s Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta. In this way, He became absorbed in ecstatic emotions.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 20
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. nāma-saṅkīrtanachanting of the holy names of the Lord
  2. haitefrom
  3. sarva-anartha-nāśadestruction of all undesirable things
  4. sarva-śubha-udayaawakening of all good fortune
  5. kṛṣṇa-premera ullāsathe beginning of the flow of love of Kṛṣṇa
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Key ideas in this verse

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: “chanting”, “holy name”

  • 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 for krsna”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I approach chanting only for freedom from habits, or also to awaken love for Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Chant Kṛṣṇa’s holy name for two minutes today with the wish to awaken love for Him.

Live this todayChanting Awakens Good Fortune and LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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