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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.177
কেহ বলে, — ‘নাম হৈতে হয় পাপক্ষয়’ ।
কেহ বলে, — ‘নাম হৈতে জীবের মোক্ষ হয় ।।’ ১৭৭ ।। ॥ ১৭৭ ॥
keha bale, — ‘nāma haite haya pāpa-kṣaya’
keha bale, — ‘nāma haite jīvera mokṣa haya’
Some of them said, “By chanting the holy name of the Lord, one is freed from the reactions of all sinful life.”
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Some speakers said that chanting the holy name of the Lord frees one from the reactions of all sinful life.
Others said that simply chanting the holy name liberates a living being from material bondage.
The speakers thus described freedom from sinful reactions and liberation as blessings of chanting.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Quoted in the purport ofSB 5.24.20
In this regard, Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Antya 3.177-188) describes Haridāsa Ṭhākura’s confirmation of the effect of chanting the holy name of the Lord.
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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:
Because of offending a pure Vaiṣṇava, Rāmacandra Khān was later cursed by Nityānanda Prabhu and ruined. From Benāpola, Haridāsa Ṭhākura went to the village known as Cāndapura, where he lived at the house of Balarāma Ācārya.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: “chanting”, “holy name”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “blessings”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How do these statements deepen my appreciation for chanting the holy name?
Chant the holy name today, remembering the freedom from sin and bondage described here.
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