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How to study this verse, in six steps

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

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Antya-līlā · Chapter 20: The Śikṣāṣṭaka Prayers

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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.13

সঙ্কীর্তন হৈতে পাপ-সংসার-নাশন ।

চিত্তশুদ্ধি, সর্বভক্তিসাধন-উদ্গম ॥ ১৩ ॥

saṅkīrtana haite pāpa-saṁsāra-nāśana

citta-śuddhi, sarva-bhakti-sādhana-udgama

Translation

“By performing congregational chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, one can destroy the sinful condition of material existence, purify the unclean heart and awaken all varieties of devotional service.

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

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Chanting Purifies and Awakens Devotional Service

1
Congregational chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra can destroy the sinful condition of material existence.
2
This chanting purifies the unclean heart.
3
It awakens all varieties of devotional service.

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

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.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

saṅkīrtana haitefrom the process of chanting the holy name
pāpa-saṁsāra-nāśanaannihilation of materialistic life resulting from sins
citta-śuddhicleansing of the heart
sarva-bhaktiall kinds of devotional service
sādhanaof the performances
udgamaawakening

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”, “congregational”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does seeing purification as a beginning of devotional service deepen my purpose in chanting?

Practice

Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa with another person today, remembering its power to purify the heart and awaken devotional service.

Live this todayChanting Purifies and Awakens Devotional ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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