CC Antya 11.23 (1975)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 23
- prabhu kahe,--'kon vyādhi, kaha ta' nirṇaya?'
- teṅho kahe,--'saṅkhyā-kīrtana nā pūraya'
SYNONYMS
prabhu kahe—Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said; kon vyādhi—what disease; kaha ta' nirṇaya—can you ascertain; teṅho kahe—he said; saṅkhyā-kīrtana—fixed amount of chanting; nā pūraya—has not become complete.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu further inquired from Haridāsa, "Can you ascertain what your disease is?" Haridāsa Ṭhākura replied, "My disease is that I cannot complete my rounds."
PURPORT
If one cannot complete the fixed number of rounds he is assigned, he should be considered to be in a diseased condition of spiritual life. Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura is called nāmācārya. Of course, we cannot imitate Haridāsa Ṭhākura, but everyone must chant a prescribed number of rounds. In our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement we have fixed sixteen rounds as the minimum so that the Westerners will not feel burdened. These sixteen rounds must be chanted, and chanted loudly, so that one can hear himself and others.