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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.70
শ্ৰীধরের লৌহপাত্রে কৈল জলপান ।
সমস্ত ভক্তেরে দিল ইষ্ট বরদান ॥ ৭০ ॥
śrīdharera lauha-pātre kaila jala-pāna
samasta bhaktere dila iṣṭa vara-dāna
Once Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to the house of Śrīdhara after kīrtana and drank water from his damaged iron pot. Then He bestowed His benediction upon all the devotees according to their desires.
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After the mass nagara-saṅkīrtana, Chand Kazi became a devotee and followed Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Śrīdhara’s house.
The Lord and the devotees rested there and drank water from Śrīdhara’s damaged iron pot. The Lord accepted the water because the pot belonged to a devotee.
The Lord bestowed benedictions upon the devotees according to their desires. Their resting place is known as kīrtana-viśrāma-sthāna, “the resting place of the kīrtana party.”
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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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”, “kīrtana-viśrāma-sthāna”
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “party”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the Lord’s acceptance of a damaged pot’s water shape my understanding of devotion?
Offer someone drinking water today as a simple act of devotional service.
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