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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.361
চৈতন্যচরিত শুন শ্রদ্ধা-ভক্তি করি’ ।
মাৎসর্য ছাড়িয়া মুখে বল ‘হরি’ ‘হরি’ ॥ ৩৬১ ॥
caitanya-carita śuna śraddhā-bhakti kari’
mātsarya chāḍiyā mukhe bala ‘hari’ ‘hari’
Please hear the transcendental pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with faith and devotion. Giving up envy of the Lord, everyone chant the Lord’s holy name, Hari.
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Everyone is invited to hear the transcendental pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
These pastimes should be heard with faith and devotion.
The verse asks everyone to give up envy of the Lord and chant His holy name, Hari.
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:
Thus the Lord visited almost all the holy places in South India. He finally returned to Jagannātha Purī by taking the same route, after visiting Vidyānagara again.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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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”, “holy name”, “hari”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you bring more faith and devotion to your hearing today?
Spend one quiet minute chanting the Lord’s holy name, Hari.
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