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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.243
এত বলি’ করেন তেঁহো নাম-সঙ্কীর্তন ।
সেই নারী বসি’ করে শ্রীনাম-শ্রবণ ॥ ২৪৩ ॥
eta bali’ karena teṅho nāma-saṅkīrtana
sei nārī vasi’ kare śrī-nāma-śravaṇa
After saying this, Haridāsa Ṭhākura continued to chant the holy name of the Lord. Thus the woman sitting before him began to hear the chanting of the holy name.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
After speaking, Haridāsa Ṭhākura continues chanting the holy name of the Lord.
The woman remains seated before him.
She begins to hear the chanting of the holy name, just as he had invited her to do.
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: “chant”, “holy name”, “haridāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can I learn from the simple acts of continuing to chant and sitting to hear?
Spend a few uninterrupted minutes chanting the holy name today, listening to each repetition.
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