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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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 7: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Vallabha Bhaṭṭa
Antya 7.103Antya 7.105

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.104

পতিব্রতা হঞা পতির নাম নাহি লয় ।

তোমরা কৃষ্ণনাম লহ, — কোন্ ধর্ম হয়?” ॥ ১০৪ ॥

pati-vratā hañā patira nāma nāhi laya

tomarā kṛṣṇa-nāma laha, — kon dharma haya?”

Translation

“It is the duty of a chaste wife, devoted to her husband, not to utter her husband’s name, but all of you chant the name of Kṛṣṇa. How can this be called a religious principle?”

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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.

An Objection to Chanting Kṛṣṇa’s Name

  1. 1

    Vallabha Bhaṭṭa argued that a chaste wife devoted to her husband should not utter his name.

  2. 2

    He asked how the devotees’ chanting of Kṛṣṇa’s name could be a religious principle.

  3. 3

    This is Vallabha Bhaṭṭa’s objection, not the passage’s final teaching. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu answers that Kṛṣṇa orders His name to be chanted.

How it feels

Pride softened by grace. Humor and correction lead toward humility and a relationship of devotion.

The mood of Antya 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 7: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Vallabha Bhaṭṭa

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Therefore He acted as if displeased with Gadādhara Paṇḍita. Later, when Vallabha Bhaṭṭa became intimately connected with the Lord, the Lord advised him to take instructions from Gadādhara Paṇḍita.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. pati-vratādevoted to the husband
  2. hañābeing
  3. patiraof the husband
  4. nāmaname
  5. nāhi layadoes not utter
  6. tomarāall of you
  7. kṛṣṇa-nāma-lahachant the name of Kṛṣṇa
  8. konwhat
  9. dharmareligious principle
  10. hayais it
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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: “chant”, “chanting”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I allow a question to be fully answered before deciding what a teaching means?

Practice

Read the objection and the reply together, noting why chanting fulfills rather than violates Kṛṣṇa’s order.

Live this todayAn Objection to Chanting Kṛṣṇa’s NameThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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