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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.64
প্রভুর শাপ–বার্তা যেই শুনে শ্রদ্ধাবান্ ।
ব্রহ্মশাপ হৈতে তার হয় পরিত্রাণ ॥ ৬৪ ॥
prabhura śāpa-vārtā yei śune śraddhāvān
brahma-śāpa haite tāra haya paritrāṇa
Any faithful person who hears of this brāhmaṇa’s cursing Lord Caitanya is delivered from all brahminical curses.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord is transcendental and is never subject to any curse or benediction. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Only ordinary living entities are subject to curses and the punishments of Yamarāja. The Lord is beyond such punishments and benedictions.
A faithful person who hears this account is delivered from all brahminical curses. Understanding the Lord’s transcendental position with faith and love frees one from curses uttered by anyone.
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:
To understand Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s ecstatic love for Him, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa assumed the form of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The attitude of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is considered the superexcellent devotional mentality.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.
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: “delivered”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can understanding the Lord’s transcendental position deepen your faith in Him?
Read this account again, remembering with faith that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is beyond all curses and benedictions.
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