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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.187
তবে মহাপ্ৰভু তাঁরে কৃপা-দৃষ্টি করি’ ।
আশ্বাসিয়া কহে, — তুমি কহ ‘কৃষ্ণ’ ‘হরি’ ॥ ১৮৭ ॥
tabe mahāprabhu tāṅre kṛpā-dṛṣṭi kari’
āśvāsiyā kahe, — tumi kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’ ‘hari’
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then glanced with mercy at the Muslim governor. Giving him assurance, He asked him to chant the holy names “Kṛṣṇa” and “Hari.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu mercifully assured the governor and asked him to chant “Kṛṣṇa” and “Hari.” His advice to chant extends to everyone.
One who has taken to chanting these holy names has already received Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy. Through the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, His request is extended throughout the world.
Whoever follows His instructions will certainly be purified, and a sincere, offenseless chanter is already more than a brāhmaṇa. The purport rejects excluding Western Vaiṣṇavas from temples as a failure to understand the Vedas.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested Gadādhara Paṇḍita to return to Nīlācala, Jagannātha Purī, but he did not abide by this order. From Kaṭaka (Cuttack), Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again requested Gadādhara Paṇḍita to return to Nīlācala, and He bade farewell to Rāmānanda Rāya from Bhadraka.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.
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”, “hari”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mercy”, “mercifully”
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “to everyone”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you welcome the Lord’s invitation to chant without judging others by their background?
Chant “Kṛṣṇa” and “Hari” sincerely today, remembering that His invitation is for everyone.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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