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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.20
উঠি’ প্রভু কহে, — উঠ, কহ ‘কৃষ্ণ’ ‘কৃষ্ণ’ ।
তারে আলিঙ্গিতে প্রভুর হৃদয় সতৃষ্ণ ॥ ২০ ॥
uṭhi’ prabhu kahe, — ūṭha, kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’ ‘kṛṣṇa’
tāre āliṅgite prabhura hṛdaya satṛṣṇa
The Lord stood up and asked Rāmānanda Rāya to arise and chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. Indeed, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very eager to embrace him.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stood up to receive Rāmānanda Rāya.
He asked Rāmānanda Rāya to arise and chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.
The Lord was very eager to embrace him.
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 introducing himself, Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya requested Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to remain in the village for some days. Honoring his request, Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed there in the home of some Vedic brāhmaṇas.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: “chant”, “holy name”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you respond today to the Lord’s invitation to chant Kṛṣṇa’s holy name?
Take a quiet moment today to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.
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