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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.229
মৃতপুত্র–মুখে কৈল জ্ঞানের কথন ।
আপনে দুই ভাই হৈলা শ্রীবাস–নন্দন ॥ ২২৯ ॥
mṛta-putra-mukhe kaila jñānera kathana
āpane dui bhāi hailā śrīvāsa-nandana
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu caused the dead son to speak about knowledge, and then the two brothers personally became the sons of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura.
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Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura patiently kept the kīrtana from being disturbed by lamentation over his son’s death. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu learned of the death, He expressed regret that He had not been told earlier.
At the Lord’s request, the dead boy explained that he was His eternal servant and was going elsewhere according to His direction. His words gave the family transcendental knowledge: at death one accepts another body, so sober persons do not lament.
The Lord assured Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura that He and Nityānanda Prabhu were his eternal sons and would never give up his company. Material relationships end, but our relationship with Kṛṣṇa, revived by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s grace, never breaks to cause lamentation.
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The purport of CC Ādi 17.229 quotesBG 2.13
This transcendental knowledge is described in the Bhagavad-gītā (2.13): tathā dehāntara-prāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati.
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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:
All the Lord’s other associates, situated in their original love, engage in the service of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The same Absolute Truth who enjoys as Kṛṣṇa, Śyāmasundara, who plays His flute and dances with the gopīs, sometimes takes birth in a brāhmaṇa family and plays the part of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, accepting the renounced order of life.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: “grace”
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: “kīrtana”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “relationships”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might remembering my eternal relationship with Kṛṣṇa change the way I understand temporary relationships?
Take one minute today to reflect on the boy’s words: “I am Your eternal servant, a dependent living being.”
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