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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.301
পণ্ডিত–গোসাঞি আদি যাঁর যেই রস ।
সেই সেই রসে প্রভু হন তাঁর বশ ॥ ৩০১ ॥
paṇḍita-gosāñi ādi yāṅra yei rasa
sei sei rase prabhu hana tāṅra vaśa
Personal associates like Gadādhara, Svarūpa Dāmodara, Rāmānanda Rāya, and the six Gosvāmīs (headed by Rūpa Gosvāmī) are all situated in their respective transcendental humors. Thus the Lord submits to various positions in various transcendental mellows.
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Gadādhara, Svarūpa Dāmodara, Rāmānanda Rāya and the six Gosvāmīs, headed by Rūpa Gosvāmī, are situated in their respective transcendental humors. The Lord submits to various positions in these transcendental mellows.
Although Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared as a devotee, He is Kṛṣṇa Himself, the son of Nanda Mahārāja. Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, who appeared as His assistant, is Baladeva, the carrier of the plow.
Advaita Ācārya is the incarnation of Sadāśiva from the spiritual world. The devotees headed by Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura are the Lord’s marginal energy, whereas those headed by Gadādhara Paṇḍita are manifestations of His internal potency.
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:
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
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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: “mellows”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “associates”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “nanda”
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How does understanding the associates’ identities deepen your appreciation of their individual service?
Choose one identity stated in the purport and reread it alongside the description of the associates’ personal service.
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