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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.95
কোটিসূর্য-সম সব — উজ্জ্বল-বরণ ।
কভু নাহি শুনি এই মধুর কীর্তন ॥ ৯৫ ॥
koṭi-sūrya-sama saba — ujjvala-varaṇa
kabhu nāhi śuni ei madhura kīrtana
“Indeed, their effulgence is like the brilliance of a million suns. Nor have I ever heard the Lord’s names chanted so melodiously.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Pure devotees are as bright as sunshine, and their saṅkīrtana is unparalleled. Professional musical skill cannot make chanting as attractive as their congregational chanting.
Strictly following the principles governing Vaiṣṇava behavior naturally makes a devotee’s bodily luster attractive and chanting effective. People appreciate such kīrtana without hesitation.
Dramas about the pastimes of Lord Caitanya or Śrī Kṛṣṇa should be performed by devotees. Such performances interest an audience and are full of potency.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Communal anticipation. Arriving devotees, kīrtana, and longing to meet the Lord converge.
The mood of Madhya 11 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:
Later, when the devotees from Bengal came to see Him, He returned to Jagannātha Purī. While Advaita Ācārya and the other devotees were coming to Jagannātha Purī, Svarūpa Dāmodara and Govinda, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s two personal assistants, went to receive all the devotees with garlands.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
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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: “chanted”, “saṅkīrtana”, “chanting”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I giving attention to Vaiṣṇava behavior as well as to the musical quality of chanting?
Before chanting today, pause to consider one principle of Vaiṣṇava behavior you can follow more carefully.
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