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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.71
‘প্রতিধ্বনি’ নহে, সেই করয়ে ‘কীর্তন’ ।
তোমার কৃপার এই অকথ্য কথন ॥ ৭১ ॥
‘pratidhvani’ nahe, sei karaye ‘kīrtana’
tomāra kṛpāra ei akathya kathana
“Actually, however, it is not an echo: it is the kīrtana of the nonmoving living entities. All this, although inconceivable, is possible by Your mercy.
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Haridāsa Ṭhākura explained that the sound was not actually an echo.
It was the kīrtana of the nonmoving living entities.
Although this was inconceivable, it was possible by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy.
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: “kīrtana”, “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 do I respond when the Lord’s mercy is described as working beyond my understanding?
Reread this verse slowly and pause to reflect on the words “possible by Your mercy.”
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