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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.124
তোমার নাম শুনি’ হয় শ্বপচ ‘পাবন’ ।
অলৌকিক শক্তি তোমার না যায় কথন ॥ ১২৪ ॥
tomāra nāma śuni’ haya śvapaca ‘pāvana’
alaukika śakti tomāra nā yāya kathana
“Simply by hearing Your holy name, dog-eaters become holy saints. Your uncommon potencies cannot be described in words.
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Simply hearing the Lord's holy name can make dog-eaters into holy saints.
The holy name's transforming power is not limited by a person's background.
The Lord's uncommon potencies cannot be described in words.
Overwhelmed recognition. Seeing the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes evokes extraordinary remembrance and ecstasy.
The mood of Madhya 18 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:
In this way, their Kṛṣṇa consciousness was awakened, and they could understand that a sannyāsī is simply a living entity and not the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took His bath at Akrūra-ghāṭa, He submerged Himself in the water for a long time.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
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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.
How can this teaching deepen my respect for the holy name's transforming power?
Take a brief moment today to hear the holy name with respect for its power to make people holy.
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