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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.29
প্রভু কহে, — কহ ‘কৃষ্ণ’, ব্যাঘ্র উঠিল ।
‘কৃষ্ণ’ ‘কৃষ্ণ’ কহি’ ব্যাঘ্র নাচিতে লাগিল ॥ ২৯ ॥
prabhu kahe, — kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’, vyāghra uṭhila
‘kṛṣṇa’ ‘kṛṣṇa’ kahi’ vyāghra nācite lāgila
The Lord said, “Chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa!” The tiger immediately got up and began to dance and to chant “Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa!”
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The Lord told the tiger, “Chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa!”
The tiger immediately got up in response.
It began to dance and chant “Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa!”
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: “chant”, “holy name”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you respond today to the Lord’s call to chant Kṛṣṇa’s holy name?
Pause now and chant “Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa!” with attention.
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