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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.34
এই বাক্যে কৃষ্ণ নামের মহিমা অপার ।
তথাপি লইতে নারি, শুন হেতু তার ॥ ৩৪ ॥
ei vākye kṛṣṇa-nāmera mahimā apāra
tathāpi la-ite nāri, śuna hetu tāra
“According to this statement of the śāstras, the glories of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa are unlimited. Still I could not chant His holy name. Please hear the reason for this.
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According to the śāstras, the glories of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa are unlimited.
The speaker acknowledges these glories, yet says that he could not chant Kṛṣṇa’s holy name.
He asks to be heard as he explains the reason.
Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.
The mood of Madhya 9 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:
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: “chant”, “holy name”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do I notice about the difference between recognizing the holy name’s glories and actually chanting?
Read the statement about the holy name’s unlimited glories slowly, then spend a moment chanting Kṛṣṇa’s name.
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