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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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 3: The Glories of Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura
Antya 3.180Antya 3.182

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.181

অংহঃ সংহরদখিলং সকৃদুদয়াদেব সকল-লোকস্য ।

তরণিরিব তিমিরজলধিং জয়তি জগন্মঙ্গলং হরের্নাম ॥ ১৮১ ॥

aṁhaḥ saṁharad akhilaṁ sakṛd udayād eva sakala-lokasya

taraṇir iva timira-jaladhiṁ jayati jagan-maṅgalaṁ harer nāma

Translation

“ ‘As the rising sun immediately dissipates all the world’s darkness, which is deep like an ocean, so the holy name of the Lord, if chanted once without offenses, dissipates all the reactions of a living being’s sinful life. All glories to that holy name of the Lord, which is auspicious for the entire world.’”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Holy Name Dispels Sinful Reactions

  1. 1

    The rising sun immediately dissipates the world’s darkness, even when that darkness is deep like an ocean.

  2. 2

    Similarly, the Lord’s holy name, chanted once without offenses, dissipates all the reactions of sinful life.

  3. 3

    The verse glorifies the holy name as auspicious for the entire world. It appears in the Padyāvalī, compiled by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse is found in the Padyāvalī (16), an anthology of verses compiled by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Antya 3: The Glories of Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura

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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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. aṁhaḥthe resultant action of sinful life, which causes material bondage
  2. saṁharatcompletely eradicating
  3. akhilamall
  4. sakṛtonce only
  5. udayātby rising
  6. evacertainly
  7. sakalaall
  8. lokasyaof the people of the world
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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: “chanted”, “holy name”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the image of sunlight dispelling darkness deepen my appreciation of the holy name?

Practice

Before chanting today, recall the rising sun and the verse’s praise of the holy name.

Live this todayChant without offensesA practice of bhakti taught in this verse

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