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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.101
যারে দেখে, তারে কহে, — কহ কৃষ্ণনাম ।
এইমত ‘বৈষ্ণব’ কৈল সব নিজ-গ্রাম ॥ ১০১ ॥
yāre dekhe, tāre kahe, — kaha kṛṣṇa-nāma
ei-mata ‘vaiṣṇava’ kaila saba nija-grāma
Such an empowered person would request everyone and anyone — whomever he saw — to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. In this way all the villagers would also become devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
An empowered preacher must be favored by Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu or His devotee, the spiritual master.
Such a person must request everyone to chant the mahā-mantra. The empowered person approached whomever he saw.
In this way, the villagers became devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such preaching shows others how to become pure devotees.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Expansive compassion. The Lord carries nāma and mercy from village to village, including deliverance of Vāsudeva.
The mood of Madhya 7 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:
The Lord began chanting the mantra “ kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa he. ” In whatever village He spent the night, whenever a person came to see Him in His shelter, the Lord implored him to preach the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. After teaching the people of one village, the Lord proceeded to other villages to increase devotees.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 7
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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”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “favored”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How could you warmly invite someone to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa?
Gently invite one person today to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa with you.
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