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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 3.64Antya 3.66

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.65

নামাভাসে ‘মুক্তি’ হয় সর্বশাস্ত্রে দেখি ।

শ্রীভাগবতে তাতে অজামিল — সাক্ষী ।।” ৬৫ ।। ॥ ৬৫ ॥

nāmābhāse ‘mukti’ haya sarva-śāstre dekhi

śrī-bhāgavate tāte ajāmila — sākṣī”

Translation

“Because of even the faintest rays of the effulgence of the Lord’s holy name, one can attain liberation. We can see this in all the revealed scriptures. The evidence appears in the story of Ajāmila in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.”

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The holy name’s faintest rays bring liberation

  1. 1

    Even the faintest rays of the effulgence of the Lord’s holy name can bring liberation.

  2. 2

    This potency of the holy name is affirmed in all the revealed scriptures.

  3. 3

    The story of Ajāmila in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam provides evidence of this teaching.

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 .
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. nāma-ābhāsesimply by a glimpse of the rays of the holy name
  2. muktiliberation
  3. hayathere is
  4. sarva-śāstrein all the revealed scriptures
  5. dekhiI find
  6. śrī-bhāgavatein Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
  7. tāteto that
  8. ajāmilaAjāmila
  9. sākṣīwitness
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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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the scriptural evidence of the holy name’s potency deepen your confidence in chanting?

Practice

Read this verse once more, then chant the holy name briefly while remembering its liberating potency.

Live this todayThe holy name’s faintest rays bring liberationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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