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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Ādi-līlā, Ch. 14]
ei ta' karibe vaiṣṇava-dharmera pracāra ihā haite habe dui kulera nistāra
SYNONYMS
ei ta' —this child;  karibe —will do;  vaiṣṇava —of Vaiṣṇavism, or devotional service;  dharmera —of the religion;  pracāra —preaching;  ihā haite —from this;  habe —there will be;  dui —two;  kulera —dynasties;  nistāra —deliverance.
TRANSLATION
“This child will preach the Vaiṣṇava cult and deliver both His maternal and paternal families.
PURPORT
Without Nārāyaṇa Himself or His bona fide representative one cannot preach the cult of Vaiṣṇavism, or devotional service. When a Vaiṣṇava is born, he delivers both his maternal and paternal families simultaneously.
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মহোৎসব কর, সব বোলাহ ব্রাহ্মণ । আজি দিন ভাল,—করিব নামকরণ ॥ ১৮ ॥
mahotsava kara, saba bolāha brāhmaṇa āji dina bhāla,—kariba nāma-karaṇa
SYNONYMS
mahotsava —a festival;  kara —observe;  saba —all;  bolāha —call;  brāhmaṇa —the  brāhmaṇas ;  āji —today;  dina —day;  bhāla —auspicious;  kariba —I shall perform;  nāma-karaṇa —the name giving ceremony.
TRANSLATION
“I propose to perform a name-giving ceremony. We should observe a festival and call for the  brāhmaṇas  because today is very auspicious.
PURPORT
It is the Vedic principle to observe a festival in connection with Nārāyaṇa and  brāhmaṇas . Giving a child a particular name is among the purificatory processes, which are known as  daśa-vidha-sarhskāra , and on the day of such a ceremony one should observe a festival by worshiping Nārāyaṇa and distributing  prasāda , chiefly among the  brāhmaṇas .
When Nilāmbara Cakravartī, Śacīmātā and Jagannātha Miśra, recognizing the marks on the Lord’s lotus feet, understood that the child Nimāi was not an ordi-