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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.339
এই মন্ত্রে দ্বাপরে করে কৃষ্ণার্চন ।
‘কৃষ্ণনাম-সংকীর্তন’ — কলিযুগের ধর্ম ॥ ৩৩৯ ॥
ei mantre dvāpare kare kṛṣṇārcana
‘kṛṣṇa-nāma-saṅkīrtana’ — kali-yugera dharma
“By this mantra, the people worship Lord Kṛṣṇa in Dvāpara-yuga. In Kali-yuga the occupational duty of the people is to chant congregationally the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
In Dvāpara-yuga, people worship Lord Kṛṣṇa by the mantra referred to in the translation.
In Kali-yuga, people’s occupational duty is to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.
The prescribed chanting is congregational: people chant the holy name together.
The purport of CC Madhya 20.339 quotesSB 12.3.51
As stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (12.3.51):
Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.
Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.
The mood of Madhya 20 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:
While discussing the Absolute Truth, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Lord analyzed Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān, as well as the expansions of the Lord called svayaṁ-rūpa, tad-ekātma and āveśa, which are divided into various branches known as vaibhava and prābhava. Thus the Lord described the many forms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
Learn the words of the verse.
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: “chant”, “holy name”, “congregationally”
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “together”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How could you make room for chanting Kṛṣṇa’s holy name with others?
Invite someone to spend a few minutes chanting Kṛṣṇa’s holy name with you today.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
2 lectures given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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