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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.296
বাৎসল্য, দাস্য, সখ্য—তিন ভাবময় ।
সেই নিত্যানন্দ—কৃষ্ণচৈতন্য–সহায় ॥ ২৯৬ ॥
vātsalya, dāsya, sakhya — tina bhāvamaya
sei nityānanda — kṛṣṇa-caitanya-sahāya
Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu always feels the ecstatic emotions of paternity, servitude and friendship. He always assists Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in that way.
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Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu always feels ecstatic emotions of paternity, servitude and friendship.
His assistance to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is expressed through these emotions.
Both His ecstatic emotions and His assistance to the Lord are constant.
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:
Śrī Nityānanda occupies an ecstatic position of parental love in servitude and fraternal attraction. Śrī Advaita Prabhu exhibits the ecstasy of both fraternity and servitude.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.
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: “servitude”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about the constancy of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu’s service?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on how paternity, servitude and friendship all find expression in His assistance to the Lord.
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