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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.111
জল ভরে, ঘর ধোয়, করে হরিধ্বনি ।
‘কৃষ্ণ’ ‘হরি’ ধ্বনি বিনা আর নাহি শুনি ॥ ১১১ ॥
jala bhare, ghara dhoya, kare hari-dhvani
‘kṛṣṇa’ ‘hari’ dhvani vinā āra nāhi śuni
Some people were filling the pots, and others were washing the rooms, but everyone was engaged in chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa and Hari.
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Some people were filling the waterpots.
Others were washing the rooms.
Everyone was chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa and Hari while engaged in these tasks.
Purification through joyful service. Collective cleansing becomes a visible devotional act before Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 12 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:
The prince visited the Lord dressed like a Vaiṣṇava, and this awakened remembrance of Kṛṣṇa. Thus Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu delivered the son of Mahārāja Pratāparudra.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 12
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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: “chanting”, “holy name”, “hari”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How could chanting the holy name accompany your practical service?
Chant the holy names of Kṛṣṇa and Hari while doing one small cleaning task today.
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