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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.69
তুমি যে করিয়াছ এই উচ্চ সঙ্কীর্তন ।
স্থাবর-জঙ্গমের সেই হয়ত’ শ্রবণ ॥ ৬৯ ॥
tumi ye kariyācha ei ucca saṅkīrtana
sthāvara-jaṅgamera sei hayata’ śravaṇa
“You have loudly chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, and everyone, moving or not moving, has benefited by hearing it.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had loudly chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra.
Everyone who heard His chanting benefited, whether moving or nonmoving.
Haridāsa Ṭhākura connected the Lord’s mercy with the benefit received through hearing His chanting.
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 replied that their deliverance would be possible if they very loudly chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, for hearing the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra chanted loudly, even with but little realization, would help them. After describing this incident, the author of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta also describes how Haridāsa Ṭhākura was tested at Benāpola, a village near Śāntipura.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: “chanted”, “haridāsa”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mercy”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might remembering the benefit of hearing deepen my attention to the holy name?
Chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra aloud for a few minutes, listening carefully.
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