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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.132
দেহ-দেহীর, নাম-নামীর কৃষ্ণে নাহি ‘ভেদ’ ।
জীবের ধর্ম — নাম-দেহ-স্বরূপে ‘বিভেদ’ ॥ ১৩২ ॥
deha-dehīra, nāma-nāmīra kṛṣṇe nāhi ‘bheda’
jīvera dharma — nāma-deha-svarūpe ‘vibheda’
“There is no difference between Kṛṣṇa’s body and Himself or between His name and Himself. But as far as the conditioned soul is concerned, one’s name is different from one’s body, from one’s original form and so on.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kṛṣṇa has no body separate from Himself. His body and Himself are the same Absolute Truth.
Māyāvādī impersonalists mistakenly consider the Lord’s form a product of the material world and think He is covered by māyā.
Names such as Govinda, Kṛṣṇa and Mādhava are as good as the person Himself. Considering these names material vibrations prevents appreciation of the holy name.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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: “holy name”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do you approach Kṛṣṇa’s name as Kṛṣṇa Himself, or merely as a sound that refers to Him?
Say “Kṛṣṇa” attentively today, remembering that His name is not a material vibration.
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