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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.186
‘মুক্তি’ তুচ্ছ-ফল হয় নামাভাস হৈতে ॥ ১৮৬ ॥
‘mukti’ tuccha-phala haya nāmābhāsa haite
“Liberation is the insignificant result derived from a glimpse of the awakening of offenseless chanting of the holy name.
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Liberation comes from even a glimpse of the awakening of offenseless chanting.
Haridāsa Ṭhākura calls liberation an insignificant result of that glimpse.
The preceding verse describes the greater result: service in ecstatic love at the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa.
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 later left Cāndapura and went to the house of Advaita Ācārya, where he was tested by Māyādevī, the personification of the external energy. She also received his favor by being blessed with the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.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”, “haridāsa”
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “insignificant”
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: “ecstatic love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this teaching change what I hope to receive from chanting?
Before chanting today, remember that loving service to Kṛṣṇa is greater than liberation.
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