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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.71
কৃষ্ণের আহ্বান করে সঘন হুঙ্কার ।
হুঙ্কারে আকৃষ্ট হৈলা ব্রজেন্দ্রকুমার ॥ ৭১ ॥
kṛṣṇera āhvāna kare saghana huṅkāra
huṅkāre ākṛṣṭa hailā vrajendra-kumāra
By loud cries He invited Kṛṣṇa to appear, and this repeated invitation attracted Lord Kṛṣṇa to descend.
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He invited Kṛṣṇa to appear by calling out loudly.
His invitation was repeated rather than offered only once.
This repeated invitation attracted Lord Kṛṣṇa to descend.
Jubilation and hope. The Lord appears in Navadvīpa; the theological promise becomes a lived story.
The mood of Ādi 13 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
After her ninth pregnancy she gave birth to a son, who was named Viśvarūpa. Then, in 1407 Śaka Era (A.D. 1486), in the full-moon evening of the month of Phālguna, with the constellation of Siṁha (Leo) on the horizon, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared as the son of Śrī Śacīdevī and Jagannātha Miśra.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 13
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can I learn from the earnestness of this repeated invitation?
Take a quiet moment today to call out to Kṛṣṇa in prayer.
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