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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.155
কৃষ্ণে গালি দিতে করে নাম উচ্চারণ ।
সেই নাম হয় তার ‘মুক্তির’ কারণ ।।” ১৫৫ ।। ॥ ১৫৫ ॥
kṛṣṇe gāli dite kare nāma uccāraṇa
sei nāma haya tāra ‘muktira’ kāraṇa”
“Sometimes it so happens that one who wants to chastise Kṛṣṇa utters the holy name, and thus the holy name becomes the cause of his liberation.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sometimes a person who wants to chastise Kṛṣṇa nevertheless utters His holy name.
Even in that situation, the holy name can become the cause of that person’s liberation.
The verse highlights the liberating power of the holy name, despite the speaker’s hostile intention.
Humility and discernment. The Lord directs a seeker to Rāmānanda and clarifies genuine spiritual qualification.
The mood of Antya 5 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:
Although Svarūpa Dāmodara condemned the entire drama, by reference to secondary meanings of the introductory verse he nevertheless satisfied the brāhmaṇa. That brāhmaṇa poet thus became greatly obliged to Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, renounced his family connections and stayed at Jagannātha Purī with the associates of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 5
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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: “holy name”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this statement deepen your appreciation for the holy name?
Utter Kṛṣṇa’s holy name with attention and respect today.
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