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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.126
তোমার ‘দোষ’ কহিতে করে নামের উচ্চার ।
‘চৈতন্য’ ‘চৈতন্য’ করি’ কহে তিনবার ॥ ১২৬ ॥
tomāra ‘doṣa’ kahite kare nāmera uccāra
‘caitanya’ ‘caitanya’ kari’ kahe tina-bāra
“While finding fault with You, he uttered Your name three times, saying ‘Caitanya, Caitanya, Caitanya.’
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The brāhmaṇa described someone finding fault with the Lord.
While doing so, that person uttered the Lord’s name three times.
The words he spoke were “Caitanya, Caitanya, Caitanya.”
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.
What attitude do you bring when speaking the Lord’s name?
Say “Caitanya” today with deliberate respect rather than a faultfinding attitude.
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