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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.111
“অতএব যাঁর মুখে এক কৃষ্ণনাম ।
সেই ত’ বৈষ্ণব, করিহ তাঁহার সম্মান ॥” ১১১ ॥
“ataeva yāṅra mukhe eka kṛṣṇa-nāma
sei ta’ vaiṣṇava, kariha tāṅhāra sammāna”
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then finally advised, “One who is chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra is understood to be a Vaiṣṇava; therefore you should offer all respects to him.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructs that one who chants the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra should be understood to be a Vaiṣṇava. Such a person should receive all respects.
Serving Vaiṣṇavas is most important for householders. Whether a Vaiṣṇava is properly initiated or not is not the deciding consideration.
One who chants the holy name offenselessly is all-perfect. Even if apparently a beginner, such a person must be considered a pure, unalloyed Vaiṣṇava.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Festive affection and reconciliation. Festivals, reciprocal hospitality, and the deliverance of Amogha show affectionate grace.
The mood of Madhya 15 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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, in return, worshiped Advaita Ācārya with the flowers and tulasī that remained on the offered plate and said a mantra, yo ’si so ’si namo ’stu te (“Whatever You are, You are — but I offer My respects unto You”). Then Advaita Ācārya Prabhu invited Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for prasādam.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 15
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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”, “chants”, “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: “serving”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I respect those who chant without judging them merely by their apparent level or initiation status?
Offer a respectful greeting or a small act of service to someone who chants the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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