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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.61
গুরু-কর্ণে কহে সবে ‘কৃষ্ণ’ ‘রাম’ ‘হরি’ ।
চেতন পাঞা আচার্য বলে ‘হরি’ ‘হরি’ ॥ ৬১ ॥
guru-karṇe kahe sabe ‘kṛṣṇa’ ‘rāma’ ‘hari’
cetana pāñā ācārya bale ‘hari’ ‘hari’
When all the disciples chanted the holy names Kṛṣṇa, Rāma and Hari, the Buddhist teacher regained consciousness and immediately began to chant the holy name of Lord Hari.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
As the disciples chanted Kṛṣṇa, Rāma and Hari, the Buddhist teacher regained consciousness and immediately began chanting Lord Hari’s holy name.
Śrī Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura explains that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu actually initiated the disciples into chanting Kṛṣṇa’s holy name. Through chanting, they became different persons—not Buddhists or atheists, but Vaiṣṇavas.
They immediately accepted Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s order, and their original Kṛṣṇa consciousness was revived. They were able to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and begin worshiping the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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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: “chanted”, “holy name”, “hari”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the revival of their original Kṛṣṇa consciousness shape your understanding of chanting?
Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa for a few minutes today, remembering that chanting revived the disciples’ original Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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