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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.184
‘চণ্ডাল — পবিত্র যাঁর শ্রীনাম-শ্রবণে ।
হেন-তোমার এই জীব পাইল দরশনে ॥ ১৮৪ ॥
‘caṇḍāla — pavitra yāṅra śrī-nāma-śravaṇe
hena-tomāra ei jīva pāila daraśane
“Simply by hearing Your holy name, a caṇḍāla, the lowest of men, can be purified. Now this conditioned soul has received Your personal interview.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Simply hearing the Lord’s holy name can purify even a caṇḍāla, described here as the lowest of men.
The prayer praises the purifying power of the holy name.
This conditioned soul had now received a personal interview with the Lord.
Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 16 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:
When He crossed the river Citrotpalā, Rāmānanda Rāya, Mardarāja and Haricandana went with Him. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested Gadādhara Paṇḍita to return to Nīlācala, Jagannātha Purī, but he did not abide by this order.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lowest”
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: “holy name”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does this prayer teach you about the purifying power of hearing the holy name?
Take a quiet moment today to listen attentively to the Lord’s holy name.
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