270 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Adi-lila, Ch. 17

dardhya lagi’ ‘harer ndma*ukti tina-vara
jada loka bujhaite punah ‘eva’-kdra

SYNONYMS

dardhya lagi’—in the matter of emphasizing; harer nama—of the holy name of
Lord Hari; wati—there is utterance; tina-vara—three times; jada /oka—ordinary com-
mon people; bujhdite—just to make them understand; punafi—again; eva-kdra—the
word eva, or “certainly.”

TRANSLATION

This verse repeats the word eva [certainly] three times for emphasis, and it also
three times repeats harer nama [the holy name of the Lord] just to make common
people understand.

PURPORT

To emphasize something to an ordinary person, one may repeat it three times,
just as one might say, ‘“You must do this! You must do this! You must do this!’’
Thus the 8rhan-ndradiya Purdna repeatedly emphasizes the chanting of the holy
name so that people may take it seriously and thus free themselves from the clutches
of maya [ft is our practical experience in the Krsna consciousness movement all over
the world that many millions of people are factually coming to the spiritual stage
of life simply by chanting the Hare Krsna mahd-mantra regularly, according to the
prescribed principles. Therefore our request to all our students is that they daily
chant at least sixteen rounds of this harer nama maha-mantra offenselessly, follow-
ing the regulative principles. Thus their success will be assured without a doubt.

TEXT 24

‘coeer “cw Barat forwa-aae |
eater cait-sat ea-onfy foratae 1 28 4

‘kevala’-Sabde punarapi niscaya-karana
/fiGna-yoga-tapa-karma-@di nivararra

SYNONYMS

‘kevala’-sabde—by the word kevala, or ‘‘only"’; punarapi—again; niscaya-karapa—
final decision; jf#dgna—cultivation of knowledge; yoge—practice of the mystic yoga
system; tapa—austerity; karrma—fruitive activities; Gd/—and so on; nivdrana—
prohibition.

TRANSLATION

The use of the word kevala [only] prohibits all other processes, such as cultiva-
tion of knowledge, practice of mystic yoga, and performance of austerities and
fruitive activities,
