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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.13
ঘাট ছাড়ি’ কতদূরে জল-সন্নিধানে ।
বসি’ প্রভু করে কৃষ্ণনাম-সংকীর্তনে ॥ ১৩ ॥
ghāṭa chāḍi’ kata-dūre jala-sannidhāne
vasi’ prabhu kare kṛṣṇa-nāma-saṅkīrtane
After bathing in the river, the Lord walked a little distance from the bathing place and engaged in chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.
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The Lord first bathed in the river.
He then walked a little distance from the bathing place.
There He engaged in chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.
Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 8 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:
After visiting the temple of Jiyaḍa-nṛsiṁha, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to the banks of the river Godāvarī, to a place known as Vidyānagara. When Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya went there to take his bath, they met.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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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: “chanting”, “holy name”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When could you make a little time today to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa?
After bathing today, spend a minute chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.
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