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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.74
“যাঁহার দর্শনে মুখে আইসে কৃষ্ণনাম ।
তাঁহারে জানিহ তুমি ‘বৈষ্ণব-প্রধান’ ॥” ৭৪ ॥
yāṅhāra darśane mukhe āise kṛṣṇa-nāma
tāṅhāre jāniha tumi ‘vaiṣṇava-pradhāna’
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “A first-class Vaiṣṇava is he whose very presence makes others chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
A Vaiṣṇava whose presence immediately makes others remember and chant Kṛṣṇa’s holy name is a mahā-bhāgavata, a first-class devotee.
Such a devotee has unadulterated love for Kṛṣṇa and is enlightened in self-realization. Seeing everything as connected with Kṛṣṇa, he can chant His holy name perfectly.
The mahā-bhāgavata spreads knowledge of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, awakening those who have forgotten Kṛṣṇa and engaging them fully in the Lord’s service. The madhyama-adhikārī can also awaken others and engage them in duties that help them advance.
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:
Questioned by the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma, Caitanya Mahāprabhu again repeated the symptoms of a Vaiṣṇava. Vidyānidhi also came to Jagannātha Purī and saw the festival of Oḍana-ṣaṣṭhī.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”, “holy name”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love for krsna”
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: “service”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does seeing everything as connected with Kṛṣṇa deepen your understanding of devotion?
Pause during one ordinary activity today, consider its connection with Kṛṣṇa, and chant His holy name.
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