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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.24
পূর্বে তুমি নিরন্তর লৈতে রামনাম ।
এবে কেনে নিরন্তর লও কৃষ্ণনাম ॥” ২৪ ॥
pūrve tumi nirantara laite rāma-nāma
ebe kene nirantara lao kṛṣṇa-nāma’’
“Formerly you were constantly chanting the holy name of Lord Rāma. Why are you now constantly chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa?”
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The Lord recalled that the brāhmaṇa had formerly chanted Lord Rāma’s holy name constantly.
He observed that the brāhmaṇa was now constantly chanting Kṛṣṇa’s holy name.
The Lord asked why this change had taken place.
Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Finally the Lord went to Śrī Raṅga-kṣetra, where He converted a brāhmaṇa named Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa, who, along with his family, took up devotional service to Kṛṣṇa. After leaving Śrī Raṅga, Caitanya Mahāprabhu reached Ṛṣabha-parvata, where He met Paramānanda Purī, who later arrived at Jagannātha Purī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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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”, “chanted”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What has influenced your own practice of chanting the holy name?
Take a minute today to reflect on any changes in your chanting and what prompted them.
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