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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.152
‘মথুরা’ চলিতে পথে যথা রহি’ যায় ।
কৃষ্ণ-নাম-প্রেম দিয়া লোকেরে নাচায় ॥ ১৫২ ॥
‘mathurā’ calite pathe yathā rahi’ yāya
kṛṣṇa-nāma-prema diyā lokere nācāya
Wherever the Lord stopped to rest on the way to Mathurā, He delivered the holy name of Kṛṣṇa and ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa. Thus He made the people dance.
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The Lord stopped to rest at different places on His way to Mathurā.
Wherever He stopped, He gave the holy name of Kṛṣṇa and ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa.
By giving these gifts, He made the people dance.
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.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of krsna”, “ecstatic love”
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: “delivered”
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.
How might a pause in your day become an opportunity to chant Kṛṣṇa’s holy name?
Use one rest break today to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.
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