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  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 3.69Antya 3.71

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.70

শুনিয়া জঙ্গমের হয় সংসার-ক্ষয় ।

স্থাবরে সে শব্দ লাগে, প্রতিধ্বনি হয় ॥ ৭০ ॥

śuniyā jaṅgamera haya saṁsāra-kṣaya

sthāvare se śabda lāge, pratidhvani haya

Translation

“My Lord, the moving entities who have heard Your loud saṅkīrtana have already been delivered from bondage to the material world, and after the nonmoving living entities like trees hear it, there is an echo.

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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 Lord’s Saṅkīrtana Delivers Its Hearers

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    Haridāsa Ṭhākura said that moving entities who heard the Lord’s loud saṅkīrtana had already been delivered.

  2. 2

    Their deliverance was freedom from bondage to the material world.

  3. 3

    Nonmoving living entities, such as trees, also heard His chanting, after which an echo was heard.

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. śuniyāhearing
  2. jaṅgameraof the living entities who can move
  3. hayathere is
  4. saṁsāra-kṣayaannihilation of bondage to the material world
  5. sthāvareunto the nonmoving living entities
  6. se śabdathat transcendental vibration
  7. lāgetouches
  8. prati-dhvaniecho
  9. hayathere is
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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: “saṅkīrtana”, “chanting”, “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: “delivered”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this account teach me about the importance of hearing saṅkīrtana?

Practice

Set aside a few minutes today to listen attentively to chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Saṅkīrtana Delivers Its HearersThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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