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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.261
প্রতীত করিতে কহি কারণ ইহার ।
যাহার শ্রবণে হয় বিশ্বাস সবার ॥ ২৬১ ॥
pratīta karite kahi kāraṇa ihāra
yāhāra śravaṇe haya viśvāsa sabāra
Therefore I shall explain the reasons why people should have faith. Everyone who hears this will be faithful.
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The author promises to explain why people should have faith.
He assures readers that everyone who hears this explanation will become faithful.
The verses that follow describe the attraction of love of Kṛṣṇa and the chanting of His holy name.
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”
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 krsna”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can hearing these reasons help deepen your faith in chanting?
Read the following verses slowly, noting one reason they give for faith.
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