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CC Madhya 8.252

Bengali

‘কাঁহার স্মরণ জীব করিবে অনুক্ষণ?’
‘কৃষ্ণ’-নাম-গুণ-লীলা — প্ৰধান স্মরণ ॥’ ২৫২ ॥

Text

‘kāṅhāra smaraṇa jīva karibe anukṣaṇa?’
‘kṛṣṇa’-nāma-guṇa-līlā — pradhāna smaraṇa’

Synonyms

kāṅhāra — of whom; smaraṇa — remembering; jīva — the living entity; karibe — should do; anukṣaṇa — constantly; kṛṣṇa-nāma — the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa; guṇa-līlā — His qualities and pastimes; pradhāna smaraṇa — most important remembrance.

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked, “What should all living entities constantly remember?”

Purport

Rāmānanda Rāya replied, “The chief objects of remembrance are always the Lord’s holy name, qualities and pastimes.”

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.2.36) states:

tasmāt sarvātmanā rājanhariḥ sarvatra sarvadā
śrotavyaḥ kīrtitavyaś ca
smartavyo bhagavān nṛṇām

Śukadeva Gosvāmī concludes, “The business of the living entity is to always remember the Supreme Personality of Godhead in every circumstance. The Lord should be heard about, glorified and remembered by all human beings.”