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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.111
‘নিরন্তর কৃষ্ণনাম’ জিহ্বা তাঁর গায় ।
দুই-নেত্রে অশ্রু বহে গঙ্গাধারা-প্রায় ॥ ১১১ ॥
‘nirantara kṛṣṇa-nāma’ jihvā tāṅra gāya
dui-netre aśru vahe gaṅgā-dhārā-prāya
“His tongue is always chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa, and from His eyes tears incessantly fall like the flowing Ganges.
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His tongue is always chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.
Tears fall incessantly from His eyes.
The flow of His tears is compared to the flowing Ganges.
Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.
The mood of Madhya 17 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:
The Maharashtriyan brāhmaṇa was very sorry about this, and he brought the news to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, inquiring from Him why the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs did not utter the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. In reply, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that they were offenders and that one should not associate with them.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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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: “chanting”, “holy name”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does His constant chanting inspire your own attention to Kṛṣṇa’s holy name?
Set aside one quiet minute today to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.
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