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Verses  ·  Chaitanya Mahaprabhu  ·  Maha Mantra 28

हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण
कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे
हरे राम हरे राम
राम राम हरे हरे॥

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu  ·  Maha Mantra

Translator’s note

on the language of the verse

For Chaitanya, ecstatic repetition of the divine name was itself liberation.

The voice

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

চৈতন্য মহাপ্রভু

The golden avatar of Nadia, 1486 – 1534.

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