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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 11.20
মুরারি–চৈতন্যদাসের অলৌকিক লীলা ।
ব্যাঘ্র–গালে চড় মারে, সর্প–সনে খেলা ॥ ২০ ॥
murāri-caitanya-dāsera alaukika līlā
vyāghra-gāle caḍa māre, sarpa-sane khelā
There were many extraordinary activities performed by Murāri, a great devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Sometimes in his ecstasy he would slap the cheek of a tiger, and sometimes he would play with a venomous snake.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Murāri Caitanya dāsa was completely spiritual and forgetful of his external body. His extraordinary activities reflected his freedom from bodily fear.
He could spend all twenty-four hours chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra or speaking about Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda.
He always used his energy in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. Wherever he passed, those present would be enlightened in Kṛṣṇa consciousness by the atmosphere he created.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Affectionate inclusiveness. Nityānanda’s branches show devotion multiplying through relationships.
The mood of Ādi 11 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:
As the branches and subbranches of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu were described in the tenth chapter, in this eleventh chapter the branches and subbranches of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu are similarly listed.Back to this verse in Ādi 11
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chanting”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How could you give a little more of your energy to chanting today?
Set aside five minutes to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
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