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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.223
বৈরাগী করিবে সদা নাম-সঙ্কীর্তন ।
মাগিয়া খাঞা করে জীবন রক্ষণ ॥ ২২৩ ॥
vairāgī karibe sadā nāma-saṅkīrtana
māgiyā khāñā kare jīvana rakṣaṇa
“A person in the renounced order should always chant the holy name of the Lord. He should beg some alms to eat, and he should sustain his life in this way.
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A person in the renounced order should always chant the holy name of the Lord.
He should beg some alms to eat and sustain his life in this way.
The purport introduces the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa as support for these instructions.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Longing fulfilled. Raghunātha’s sustained desire for the Lord culminates in arrival, shelter, and renunciation.
The mood of Antya 6 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:
This renounced life greatly pleased both Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took by force some of the same food, thus blessing Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī for his renunciation.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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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: “chant”, “holy name”, “hari-bhakti-vilāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you keep chanting central rather than letting arrangements for daily life occupy all your attention?
Reserve a short period today for chanting the holy name before turning to nonessential daily arrangements.
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