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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.195
তোমার নাম লঞা তোমার করিল নিন্দন ।
সেই নাম হইল তার মুক্তির কারণ ॥ ১৯৫ ॥
tomāra nāma lañā tomāra karila nindana
sei nāma ha-ila tāra muktira kāraṇa
“Jagāi and Mādhāi uttered Your holy name by way of blaspheming You. Fortunately, that holy name became the cause of their deliverance.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Jagāi and Mādhāi uttered the holy name even while blaspheming the Lord.
Their utterance was not offered as praise, yet they had the fortune of speaking His holy name.
That holy name became the cause of their deliverance.
Anticipation and hidden longing. The author previews later pastimes, including the inner Vraja mood expressed at Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 1 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:
Because he wrote that verse, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was specifically blessed by the Lord. There is also a description of the many books written by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “deliverance”
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”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does their deliverance deepen my appreciation for the holy name?
Take a quiet moment today to utter the holy name respectfully.
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