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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 3.61Antya 3.63

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.62

তং নির্ব্যাজং ভজ গুণনিধে পাবনং পাবনানাং শ্রদ্ধা-রজ্যন্মতিরতিতরামুত্তমঃশ্লোকমৌলিম্ ।

প্রোদ্যন্নন্তঃকরণকুহরে হন্ত যন্নামভানো- রাভাসোঽপি ক্ষপয়তি মহাপাতকধ্বান্তরাশিম্ ॥ ৬২ ॥

taṁ nirvyājaṁ bhaja guṇa-nidhe pāvanaṁ pāvanānāṁ

śraddhā-rajyan-matir atitarām uttamaḥ-śloka-maulim

prodyann antaḥ-karaṇa-kuhare hanta yan-nāma-bhānor

ābhāso ’pi kṣapayati mahā-pātaka-dhvānta-rāśim

Translation

“ ‘O reservoir of all good qualities, just worship Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the purifier of all purifiers, the most exalted of the personalities worshiped by choice poetry. Worship Him with a faithful, unflinching mind, without duplicity and in a highly elevated manner. Thus worship the Lord, whose name is like the sun, for just as a slight appearance of the sun dissipates the darkness of night, so a slight appearance of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa can drive away all the darkness of ignorance that arises in the heart due to greatly sinful activities performed in previous lives.’

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 the heart’s darkness

  1. 1

    Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the purifier of all purifiers and the most exalted of those worshiped by choice poetry.

  2. 2

    Worship Him with a faithful, unflinching mind, without duplicity and in a highly elevated manner.

  3. 3

    His name is like the sun: even its slight appearance can dispel the heart’s darkness of ignorance arising from greatly sinful activities in previous lives.

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:

Thus, following the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Dāmodara Paṇḍita went to Navadvīpa, taking with him all kinds of prasādam from Lord Jagannātha. On another occasion, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu once inquired from Haridāsa Ṭhākura, who was known as Brahma Haridāsa, how the yavanas, or persons bereft of Vedic culture, would be delivered in Kali-yuga .
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. tamHim
  2. nirvyājamwithout duplicity
  3. bhajaworship
  4. guṇa-nidheO reservoir of all good qualities
  5. pāvanampurifier
  6. pāvanānāmof all other purifiers
  7. śraddhāwith faith
  8. rajyanbeing enlivened
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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: “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

What would worship with a faithful mind and without duplicity look like for you today?

Practice

Spend one minute chanting Kṛṣṇa’s holy name, remembering the image of sunlight dispelling darkness.

Live this todayThe holy name dispels the heart’s darknessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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