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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 11.59
অনর্গল প্রেম সবার, চেষ্টা অনর্গল ।
প্রেম দিতে, কৃষ্ণ দিতে ধরে মহাবল ॥ ৫৯ ॥
anargala prema sabāra, ceṣṭā anargala
prema dite, kṛṣṇa dite dhare mahābala
All these devotees had unlimited strength to deliver unobstructed, unceasing love of Kṛṣṇa. By their own strength they could offer anyone Kṛṣṇa and love of Kṛṣṇa.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
These devotees had unlimited strength to offer anyone Kṛṣṇa and unobstructed, unceasing love of Kṛṣṇa.
Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura describes a pure Vaiṣṇava as the proprietor of Kṛṣṇa and love of Kṛṣṇa. Therefore, to receive both, one must seek the mercy of pure devotees.
By the mercy of the spiritual master, one receives Kṛṣṇa’s mercy; without that grace, one cannot advance. By the grace of a Vaiṣṇava or bona fide spiritual master, one can receive Kṛṣṇa Himself and love of Kṛṣṇa.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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”, “mercy”, “grace”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of krsna”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this teaching deepen my appreciation for the mercy of pure devotees?
Take a quiet moment today to pray for the mercy of pure devotees to receive Kṛṣṇa and love of Kṛṣṇa.
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