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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.125
“তার আগে যবে আমি তোমার নাম লইল ।
সেহ তোমার নাম জানে, — আপনে কহিল ॥ ১২৫ ॥
“tāra āge yabe āmi tomāra nāma la-ila
seha tomāra nāma jāne, — āpane kahila
The brāhmaṇa said, “As soon as I uttered Your name before him, he immediately confirmed the fact that he knew Your name.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The brāhmaṇa reported that he had uttered the Lord’s name.
The person who heard it immediately confirmed that he knew the name.
The brāhmaṇa related this recognition directly to the Lord.
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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