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  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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 20: The Śikṣāṣṭaka Prayers
Antya 20.7Antya 20.9

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.8

হর্ষে প্রভু কহেন, — “শুন স্বরূপ-রামরায় ।

নামসঙ্কীর্তন — কলৌ পরম উপায় ॥ ৮ ॥

harṣe prabhu kahena, — “śuna svarūpa-rāma-rāya

nāma-saṅkīrtana — kalau parama upāya

Translation

In great jubilation, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “My dear Svarūpa Dāmodara and Rāmānanda Rāya, know from Me that chanting the holy names is the most feasible means of salvation in this Age of Kali.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Chanting Is the Most Feasible Means

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu spoke in great jubilation.

  2. 2

    He asked Svarūpa Dāmodara and Rāmānanda Rāya to hear this teaching from Him.

  3. 3

    He declared that chanting the holy names is the most feasible means of salvation in this Age of Kali.

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:

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu passed His nights tasting the meaning of the Śikṣāṣṭaka prayers in the company of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Rāmānanda Rāya. 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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. harṣein jubilation
  2. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. kahenasays
  4. śunaplease hear
  5. svarūpa-rāma-rāyaMy dear Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Rāmānanda Rāya
  6. nāma-saṅkīrtanachanting of the holy name of the Lord
  7. kalauin the Age of Kali
  8. parama upāyathe most feasible means for deliverance
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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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this teaching encourage you to make time for chanting the holy names?

Practice

Set aside a few quiet minutes today to chant the holy names.

Live this todayChanting Is the Most Feasible MeansThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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