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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.113
জগৎমঙ্গল তাঁর ‘কৃষ্ণচৈতন্য’-নাম ।
নাম, রূপ, গুণ তাঁর, সব — অনুপম ॥ ১১৩ ॥
jagat-maṅgala tāṅra ‘kṛṣṇa-caitanya’-nāma
nāma, rūpa, guṇa tāṅra, saba — anupama
“His name, Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, is all-auspicious for the world. Everything about Him — His name, form and qualities — is unparalleled.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
His name is Kṛṣṇa Caitanya.
His name is all-auspicious for the world.
Everything about Him—His name, form and qualities—is unparalleled.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing that His name is all-auspicious for the world affect your appreciation of it?
Say the name Kṛṣṇa Caitanya today, remembering that it is all-auspicious for the world.
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