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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.77
মুরারিকে কহে তুমি কৃষ্ণ বশ কৈলা ।
শুনিয়া মুরারি শ্লোক কহিতে লাগিলা ॥ ৭৭ ॥
murārike kahe tumi kṛṣṇa vaśa kailā
śuniyā murāri śloka kahite lāgilā
Lord Caitanya then praised Murāri Gupta, saying, “You have satisfied Lord Kṛṣṇa.” Hearing this, Murāri Gupta quoted a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Caitanya praised Murāri Gupta.
His praise was specific: “You have satisfied Lord Kṛṣṇa.”
Hearing this, Murāri Gupta quoted a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might the aim of satisfying Kṛṣṇa shape what I value?
Pause before one devotional activity today and make satisfying Kṛṣṇa your intention.
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