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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.258
‘শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য শচীসূত গুণধাম’ ।
এই ধ্যান, এই জপ, লয় এই নাম ॥ ২৫৮ ॥
‘śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya śacī-sūta guṇa-dhāma’
ei dhyāna, ei japa, laya ei nāma
The Bhaṭṭācārya always chanted the holy name of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, son of mother Śacī and reservoir of all good qualities. Indeed, chanting the holy names became his meditation.
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The Bhaṭṭācārya always chanted the holy name of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya is described as the son of mother Śacī and the reservoir of all good qualities.
Chanting the holy names became the Bhaṭṭācārya's meditation.
Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.
The mood of Madhya 6 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:
On another day, when the Bhaṭṭācārya asked Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu the best way to worship and meditate, the Lord advised him to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. On another day, the Bhaṭṭācārya wanted to change the reading of the tat te ’nukampām verse because he did not like the word mukti-pada.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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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: “chanted”, “holy name”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I make my chanting more attentive and meditative?
Chant the holy name of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya for a few quiet moments, listening attentively.
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