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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.114
যে হও, সে হও তুমি, তোমাকে নমস্কার ।
প্রভু তারে প্রেম দিয়া কৈল পুরস্কার ॥ ১১৪ ॥
ye hao, se hao tumi, tomāke namaskāra
prabhu tāre prema diyā kaila puraskāra
The all-knowing astrologer concluded, “Whatever You may be or whoever You may be, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You!” By His causeless mercy, the Lord then gave him love of Godhead, thus rewarding him for his service.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The astrologer offers respectful obeisances to the Lord. By His causeless mercy, the Lord rewards his service with love of Godhead.
This meeting is not mentioned in the Caitanya-bhāgavata, but its absence does not mean that it did not happen.
Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī states that he especially included in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta what the Caitanya-bhāgavata did not mention. The purport asks us to accept his statement.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.
The mood of Ādi 17 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:
Finally, the chapter shows that the same son of mother Yaśodā, Lord Kṛṣṇa, tasted four transcendental mellows of devotional service in His form of Śacīnandana, the son of mother Śacī. To understand Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s ecstatic love for Him, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa assumed the form of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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: “mercy”
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 godhead”
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: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the Lord’s gift of love of Godhead teach you about His mercy?
Offer respectful obeisances to the Lord today, remembering His causeless mercy.
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