CC Madhya 8.252
Madhya-līlā, Chapter 8, Text 252
‘কাঁহার স্মরণ জীব করিবে অনুক্ষণ?’
‘কৃষ্ণ’-নাম-গুণ-লীলা — প্ৰধান স্মরণ ॥’ ২৫২ ॥
‘কৃষ্ণ’-নাম-গুণ-লীলা — প্ৰধান স্মরণ ॥’ ২৫২ ॥
‘kāṅhāra smaraṇa jīva karibe anukṣaṇa?’
‘kṛṣṇa’-nāma-guṇa-līlā — pradhāna smaraṇa’
‘kṛṣṇa’-nāma-guṇa-līlā — pradhāna smaraṇa’
Word by word
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 rājan hariḥ sarvatra sarvadā
śrotavyaḥ kīrtitavyaś ca smartavyo bhagavān nṛṇām
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.”