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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.83
বসি’ কৃষ্ণনাম মাত্র করিয়ে গ্রহণে ।
সংখ্যা-নাম পূর্ণ মোর নহে রাত্রি-দিনে ॥ ৮৩ ॥
vasi’ kṛṣṇa-nāma mātra kariye grahaṇe
saṅkhyā-nāma pūrṇa mora nahe rātri-dine
“I simply sit and try to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa, and although I chant all day and night, I nevertheless cannot complete the chanting of My prescribed number of rounds.”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that He simply sat and tried to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.
He described His chanting as continuing all day and night.
Even so, He said that He could not complete His prescribed number of rounds, speaking humbly about His own chanting.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Before this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw that Vallabha Bhaṭṭa was greatly attached to Gadādhara Paṇḍita. Therefore He acted as if displeased with Gadādhara Paṇḍita.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 7
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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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you make a little more room today for chanting Kṛṣṇa’s holy name?
Set aside a few quiet minutes today to sit and chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.
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