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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.86
তমালশ্যামলত্বিষি শ্রীযশোদাস্তনন্ধয়ে ।
কৃষ্ণনাম্নো রূঢ়িরিতি সর্বশাস্ত্র-বিনির্ণয়ঃ ॥ ৮৬ ॥
tamāla-śyāmala-tviṣi
śrī-yaśodā-stanan-dhaye
kṛṣṇa-nāmno rūḍhir iti
sarva-śāstra-vinirṇayaḥ
“ ‘The only purport of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa is that He is dark blue like a tamāla tree and is the son of mother Yaśodā. This is the conclusion of all the revealed scriptures.’
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kṛṣṇa is dark blue like a tamāla tree.
He is the son of mother Yaśodā. The quoted verse presents these meanings as the only purport of His holy name and the conclusion of all revealed scriptures.
Śrīla Prabhupāda identifies this quotation as a verse from the Nāma-kaumudī.
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
Learn the words of the 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: “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: “yaśodā”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does this verse ask me to remember when I hear Kṛṣṇa’s holy name?
Read the translation aloud once, then recall Kṛṣṇa’s dark-blue appearance and His relationship with mother Yaśodā.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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