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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.46
‘ঝাড়িখণ্ডে’ স্থাবর-জঙ্গম আছে যত ।
কৃষ্ণনাম দিয়া কৈল প্রেমেতে উন্মত্ত ॥ ৪৬ ॥
‘jhārikhaṇḍe’ sthāvara-jaṅgama āche yata
kṛṣṇa-nāma diyā kaila premete unmatta
Thus all living entities in the forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa — some moving and some standing still — became maddened by hearing the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa vibrated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu vibrated the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa in the forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa.
All living entities there, both moving and standing still, became maddened by hearing the holy name.
Jhārikhaṇḍa is a great tract of land containing many places covered with mountains and jungles.
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.
What stands out to you about both moving and stationary beings hearing the holy name?
Chant the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa and briefly recall the living beings throughout Jhārikhaṇḍa hearing Him.
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