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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.146
নৃসিংহের মন্ত্র পড়ি’ মারে জল-ছাঁটি ।
হুঙ্কারের শব্দে ব্রহ্মাণ্ড যায় ফাটি’ ॥ ১৪৬ ॥
nṛsiṁhera mantra paḍi’ māre jala-chāṅṭi
huṅkārera śabde brahmāṇḍa yāya phāṭi’
Advaita Ācārya and others began to chant the holy name of Lord Nṛsiṁha and sprinkle water. The roaring of the chant was so great that it seemed to shake the entire universe.
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Advaita Ācārya and the others began chanting the holy name of Lord Nṛsiṁha.
Along with chanting, they sprinkled water.
The roaring of their chant was so great that it seemed to shake the entire universe.
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:
In answer to this humorous statement, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu replied that Advaita Ācārya was a monist and that one could not know how his mind could be turned by eating with such an impersonalist. The conversation of these two prabhus — Nityānanda Prabhu and Advaita Prabhu — carried a deep meaning that only an intelligent man can understand.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 12
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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: “chant”, “holy name”, “chanting”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can this united chanting encourage you to chant with attention?
Take a quiet moment today to chant the holy name of Lord Nṛsiṁha attentively.
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