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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.145
ভারী বোঝা লঞা আইলাঙ, কেমনে লঞা যাব ?
অল্প-স্বল্প-মূল্য পাইলে, এথাই বেচিব ॥” ১৪৫ ॥
bhārī bojhā lañā āilāṅa, kemane lañā yāba?
alpa-svalpa-mūlya pāile, ethāi veciba
“I have brought a heavy load to sell in this city. To take it back again is a very difficult job; therefore if I get but a fraction of the price, I shall sell it here in this city of Kāśī.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s commodity was the transcendental holy name of the Lord. He felt disappointed because the Māyāvādīs of Kāśī would not chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
Attraction for chanting the Lord’s holy name belongs absolutely to pure devotees. Without such devotees in Kāśī, His load was very heavy.
He was willing to deliver the whole load to anyone even a little inclined to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, although the proper price was not paid.
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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: “chant”, “holy name”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “deliver”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the Lord’s willingness to accept even a little inclination encourage me to chant?
Set aside one minute today to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra attentively.
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