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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.41
বাসুদেব দত্ত—প্রভুর ভৃত্য মহাশয় ।
সহস্র–মুখে যাঁর গুণ কহিলে না হয় ॥ ৪১ ॥
vāsudeva datta — prabhura bhṛtya mahāśaya
sahasra-mukhe yāṅra guṇa kahile nā haya
Vāsudeva Datta, the nineteenth branch of the Śrī Caitanya tree, was a great personality and a most confidential devotee of the Lord. One could not describe his qualities even with thousands of mouths.
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Vāsudeva Datta was a most confidential devotee of the Lord. Even thousands of mouths could not describe his qualities.
His devotion was so powerful that Kṛṣṇa was purchased by him. Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu declared that His body was meant to please Vāsudeva Datta.
Vāsudeva Datta was so kind to living entities that he wanted to take all their sinful reactions so that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu might deliver them.
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Belonging and gratitude. Many devotees become branches of one living network of devotion.
The mood of Ādi 10 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:
This chapter describes the branches of the tree named Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Back to this verse in Ādi 10
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “branch”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “deliver”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What touches you most about Vāsudeva Datta’s devotion and kindness?
Pause today to wish sincerely for the deliverance of someone who is suffering.
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