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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.71
‘দুঁহার মুখে কৃষ্ণনাম করিছে নর্তন ।
এই-দুই ‘অধম’ নহে, হয় ‘সর্বোত্তম’ ॥ ৭১ ॥
‘duṅhāra mukhe kṛṣṇa-nāma kariche nartana
ei-dui ‘adhama’ nahe, haya ‘sarvottama’
Vallabha Bhaṭṭācārya said, “Since these two are constantly chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa, how can they be untouchable? On the contrary, they are most exalted.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Vallabha Bhaṭṭācārya declared that the brothers were most exalted because they constantly chanted the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.
His admission is a lesson for anyone falsely proud of being a brāhmaṇa. The purport criticizes refusing to recognize devotees or excluding them from temples because of their background.
Although a learned scholar and a great authority on brahmanism, Vallabha Bhaṭṭācārya recognized those who chant the Lord’s holy name as bona fide brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.
The mood of Madhya 19 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:
They appointed some brāhmaṇas to perform puraścaraṇa ceremonies and chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī deposited ten thousand gold coins with a grocer, and the balance he brought in two boats to a place called Bāklā Candradvīpa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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”, “holy name”, “chanted”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I ready to recognize devotion without judging a person’s background?
Offer sincere respect today to someone who chants the Lord’s holy name, without considering their social standing.
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