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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 22.132
নামসংকীর্তনং শ্রীমন্মথুরামণ্ডলে স্থিতিঃ ॥ ১৩২ ॥
nāma-saṅkīrtanaṁ śrīman-
mathurā-maṇḍale sthitiḥ
“ ‘One should congregationally chant the holy name of the Lord and reside in Vṛndāvana.’
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One should chant the holy name of the Lord.
The chanting instructed here is congregational: chanting together.
One should reside in Vṛndāvana.
Trust and resolution. Devotional practice and association offer a steady path for awakening love.
The mood of Madhya 22 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:
Speculative knowledge and mystic yoga can never help one in devotional service. Pious activity, nonviolence, sense control and regulation are not separate from devotional service in its pure form.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 22
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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: “chant”, “holy name”, “congregationally”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
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 can I make room for chanting the Lord’s holy name with others?
Join another person in chanting the holy name of the Lord today.
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