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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.100
avatāra-kārya prabhura — nāma-pracāre
sei nija-kārya prabhu karena tomāra dvāre
“The mission of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, for which He has descended as an incarnation, is to spread the importance of chanting the holy name of the Lord. Now instead of personally doing so, He is spreading it through you.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu descended as an incarnation to spread the importance of chanting the Lord’s holy name.
Sanātana Gosvāmī explains that the Lord is carrying out this mission through Haridāsa Ṭhākura.
Haridāsa Ṭhākura’s service helps others understand the importance of chanting.
Despair met with care. Sanātana’s wish to die is interrupted by the Lord’s protective insistence on his future service.
The mood of Antya 4 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:
Therefore, I did not go by that path, but instead went by the beach.” Sanātana Gosvāmī did not realize that there were burning blisters on his feet because of the heat of the sand.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
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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: “chanting”, “holy name”, “haridāsa”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How could I help someone appreciate chanting the holy name?
Share with one interested person that spreading the importance of chanting is Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mission.
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