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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.99
সংকীর্তন-যজ্ঞে তাঁরে করে আরাধন ।
সেই ত’ সুমেধা, আর — কলিহতজন ॥ ৯৯ ॥
saṅkīrtana-yajñe tāṅre kare ārādhana
sei ta’ sumedhā, āra — kali-hata-jana
“Anyone who worships Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu by congregational chanting should be understood to be very intelligent. One who does not do so must be considered a victim of this age and bereft of all intelligence.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
One who worships Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu by congregational chanting is very intelligent.
The verse describes one who does not do so as a victim of this age and bereft of intelligence.
The purport rejects inventing one's own religious process. Anyone who actually wants to become religious must take up chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Madhya 11.99 quotesSB 6.3.19
The real meaning of religion is stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (6.3.19-22):
Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.
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:
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. From the roof of his palace, King Pratāparudra could see all the devotees arriving.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
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: “chanting”, “congregational”
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 willing to take up the given process of chanting rather than invent my own?
Invite someone to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra with you today.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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