208 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Adi-lila, Ch. 16

svapna dekhi’ migra asi’ prabhura carane
svapnera vrttdnta saba kaila nivedane

SYNONYMS

svapna dekhi’—by seeing the dream; m/sra—Tapana Misra; dsi?--coming; prabhura —
of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; carage—at the shelter of the lotus feet; svagnera—
of the dream; vrtt@nta—details; saba—all; kaila—did; nivedane—inform Him.

TRANSLATION

After seeing the dream, Tapana Misra came to the shelter of Lord Caitanya’s
lotus feet, and he described ail the details of the dream to the Lord.

TEXT 15

ME SS Rest agar afar
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prabhu tusta hana sadhya-sadhana kahifa
nama-sankirtana kara,——upadesa kaila

SYNONYMS

prabhu—the Lord; tusta—satisfied; haid—becoming; sddhya-sddhana—the objec-
tive and the process; kahi/a—described; ndma-sarrkirtana—chanting of the Hare Krsna
mantra; kara—practice; upadesa kaila—gave him the instruction.

TRANSLATION

The Lord, being satisfied, instructed him about the object of life and the process
to attain it. He instructed him that the basic principle of success is to chant the
holy name of the Lord [the Hare Krsna maha-mantra].

PURPORT

The Krsna consciousness movement is based upon this instruction of Lord
Caitanya Mahaprabhu that one must chant the Hare Krsna mahd-mantra regularly
and according to the prescribed principles. We simply ask our western students to
chant at least sixteen rounds a day, but sometimes we find that they fail to chant
even these sixteen rounds, and instead they bring many austere books and a worship-
ing method that diverts their attention in so many ways. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's
cult is based upon the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra. Lord Caitanya first
advised Tapana Misra to fix his mind in this chanting. We, the members of the
Kisna consciousness movement, must strictly follow this advice of Caitanya
Mahaprabhu.
