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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.128
যারে দেখ, তারে কহ ‘কৃষ্ণ’ উপদেশ ।
আমার আজ্ঞায় গুরু হঞা তার’ এই দেশ ॥ ১২৮ ॥
yāre dekha, tāre kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’-upadeśa
āmāra ājñāya guru hañā tāra’ ei deśa
“Instruct everyone to follow the orders of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa as they are given in the Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. In this way become a spiritual master and try to liberate everyone in this land.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
One can remain at home and chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra with one’s family; giving up family life is not the mission.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asks everyone to teach Kṛṣṇa’s instructions as given in the Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. In this way, one becomes a spiritual master and tries to liberate others.
One should refrain from illicit sex, meat-eating, gambling and intoxication. The real purpose of human life is to attain the spiritual platform and return to Godhead.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Quoted in the purport ofSB 4.23.38
Caitanya Mahāprabhu recommended this practice: yāre dekha, tāre kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’-upadeśa: “Whomever you meet, simply talk with him about the instructions given by Kṛṣṇa or tell him of narrations about Kṛṣṇa.”
Quoted in the purport ofSB 7.9.41
Āmāra ājñāya guru hañā tāra’ ei deśa. One should become a guru and spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness all over the world, simply by preaching the teachings of Bhagavad-gītā.
Quoted in the purport ofSB 8.1.16
In this way become a spiritual master and try to liberate everyone in this land.”
Quoted in the purport ofSB 10.1.3
Caitanya Mahāprabhu therefore advised, yāre dekha, tāre kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’-upadeśa. This is the mission of Kṛṣṇa consciousness: to hear about Kṛṣṇa and thus be liberated from material bondage.
Quoted in the purport ofSB 10.2.19
In this way become a spiritual master and try to liberate everyone in this land.”
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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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How could your home life make more room for chanting and Kṛṣṇa’s instructions?
Invite a family member to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra with you at home today.
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