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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.124
“কোটিনামগ্রহণ-যজ্ঞ করি একমাসে ।
এই দীক্ষা করিয়াছি, হৈল আসি’ শেষে ॥ ১২৪ ॥
“koṭi-nāma-grahaṇa-yajña kari eka-māse
ei dīkṣā kariyāchi, haila āsi’ śeṣe
“I have vowed to chant ten million names in a month. I have taken this vow, but now it is nearing its end.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Haridāsa Ṭhākura had vowed to chant ten million names in a month. His vow was nearing its end.
Chanting the holy name is worship called hari-nāma-yajña. By this worship, one satisfies the Supreme Personality of Godhead and attains perfection in spiritual life.
Although externally Haridāsa Ṭhākura belonged to a Muslim family, his chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra made him a regularly initiated brāhmaṇa.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Antya 3.124 quotesSB 3.33.6
As stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (3.33.6):
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Steadfast compassion. Haridāsa’s spiritual conviction and the reach of the holy name confront prejudice and temptation.
The mood of Antya 3 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:
Haridāsa Ṭhākura replied that their deliverance would be possible if they very loudly chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, for hearing the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra chanted loudly, even with but little realization, would help them. After describing this incident, the author of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta also describes how Haridāsa Ṭhākura was tested at Benāpola, a village near Śāntipura.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 3
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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”, “haridāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might seeing chanting as worship change the attention you give it?
Set aside five minutes today to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra as worship of the Lord.
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