CC Madhya 8.256
Madhya-līlā, Chapter 8, Text 256
‘উপাস্যের মধ্যে কোন্ উপাস্য প্রধান?’
‘শ্রেষ্ঠ উপাস্য — যুগল ‘রাধাকৃষ্ণ’ নাম ॥’ ২৫৬ ॥
‘শ্রেষ্ঠ উপাস্য — যুগল ‘রাধাকৃষ্ণ’ নাম ॥’ ২৫৬ ॥
‘upāsyera madhye kon upāsya pradhāna?’
‘śreṣṭha upāsya — yugala ‘rādhā-kṛṣṇa’ nāma’
‘śreṣṭha upāsya — yugala ‘rādhā-kṛṣṇa’ nāma’
Word by word
upāsyera — objects of worship; madhye — among; kon — which; upāsya — worshipable object; pradhāna — the chief; śreṣṭha — the chief; upāsya — worshipable object; yugala — the couple; rādhā-kṛṣṇa nāma — the holy name of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, or Hare Kṛṣṇa.
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked, “Among all worshipable objects, which is the chief?”
Purport
Rāmānanda Rāya replied, “The chief worshipable object is the holy name of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra.”
According to Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (6.3.22):
etāvān eva loke ’smin puṁsāṁ dharmaḥ paraḥ smṛtaḥ
bhakti-yogo bhagavati tan-nāma-grahaṇādibhiḥ
bhakti-yogo bhagavati tan-nāma-grahaṇādibhiḥ
“In this material world the living entity’s only business is to accept the path of bhakti-yoga and chant the holy name of the Lord.”