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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.258
কৃষ্ণনাম দেহ’ তুমি মোরে কর ধন্যা ।
আমারে ভাসায় যৈছে এই প্রেমবন্যা ॥ ২৫৮ ॥
kṛṣṇa-nāma deha’ tumi more kara dhanyā
āmāre bhāsāya yaiche ei prema-vanyā
“Please give me the holy name of Kṛṣṇa and thus make me fortunate, so that I also may float in the flood of love of Godhead inaugurated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker asks to receive the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.
She regards receiving the holy name as becoming truly fortunate.
Her desire is to float in the flood of love of Godhead inaugurated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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.
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: “love of godhead”
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: “holy name”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What would it mean for you to regard Kṛṣṇa’s holy name as your good fortune?
Before chanting today, offer a simple prayer to receive Kṛṣṇa’s holy name with gratitude.
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