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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.84
ভট্ট কহে, — “কৃষ্ণনামের অর্থ-ব্যাখ্যানে ।
বিস্তার কৈরাছি, তাহা করহ শ্রবণে ।।” ৮৪ ।। ॥ ৮৪ ॥
bhaṭṭa kahe, “kṛṣṇa-nāmera artha-vyākhyāne
vistāra kairāchi, tāhā karaha śravaṇe”
Vallabha Bhaṭṭa said, “I have tried to describe elaborately the meaning of Kṛṣṇa’s holy name. Kindly hear the explanation.”
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Vallabha Bhaṭṭa had tried to describe the meaning of Kṛṣṇa’s holy name elaborately.
He asked Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to hear his explanation.
The reply that follows directs attention to Śyāmasundara and Yaśodānandana rather than many different meanings.
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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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”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “yaśodānandana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When I share my understanding, am I also willing to learn from the listener’s response?
Read Vallabha Bhaṭṭa’s request and the Lord’s reply together, noticing the contrast between elaboration and simplicity.
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