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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.26
এইমত হঞা যেই কৃষ্ণনাম লয় ।
শ্রীকৃষ্ণচরণে তাঁর প্রেম উপজয় ॥ ২৬ ॥
ei-mata hañā yei kṛṣṇa-nāma laya
śrī-kṛṣṇa-caraṇe tāṅra prema upajaya
“If one chants the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa in this manner, he will certainly awaken his dormant love for Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Chanting the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa should be accompanied by humility and respect for everyone.
Chanting in this manner will certainly awaken dormant love for Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet.
The promised result is love for Kṛṣṇa, not material wealth or recognition.
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:
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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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: “chants”, “holy name”, “chanting”
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”
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lotus feet”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What would help you bring more humility and respect into your chanting?
Spend a few minutes chanting the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa, remembering to offer respect without pride.
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