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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.203
তোমা দেখি’ জিহ্বা মোর বলে ‘কৃষ্ণনাম’ ।
‘আমি — বড় জ্ঞানী’ — এই গেল অভিমান ॥ ২০৩ ॥
tomā dekhi’ jihvā mora bale ‘kṛṣṇa-nāma’
‘āmi — baḍa jñānī’ — ei gela abhimāna
“Now that I have seen You, my tongue is chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. The false prestige I felt from being a learned scholar is now gone.”
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The speaker says that seeing the Lord has brought the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra to his tongue.
He recognizes that he previously felt false prestige from being a learned scholar.
He now declares that this false prestige is gone.
Overwhelmed recognition. Seeing the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes evokes extraordinary remembrance and ecstasy.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
From the Koran, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu established devotional service to Kṛṣṇa. Thus the leader of the soldiers, named Vijulī Khān, surrendered to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and he and his party became devotees of Lord Kṛṣṇa.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: “chanting”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Does pride in what you know ever get in the way of sincerely chanting?
Chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra today, setting aside thoughts of your own learning.
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