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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.9
দীক্ষা–অনন্তরে হৈল, প্রেমের প্রকাশ ।
দেশে আগমন পুনঃ প্রেমের বিলাস ॥ ৯ ॥
dīkṣā-anantare haila, premera prakāśa
deśe āgamana punaḥ premera vilāsa
In Gayā, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was initiated by Īśvara Purī, and immediately afterwards He exhibited signs of love of Godhead. He again displayed such symptoms after returning home.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
In Gayā, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was initiated by Īśvara Purī. Immediately afterward, and again upon returning home, He exhibited signs of love of Godhead.
On the way to Gayā, the Lord had a high fever. He drank water that had washed the feet of brāhmaṇas and was cured.
Through His example, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu taught everyone to respect the position of a brāhmaṇa. Neither He nor His followers showed disrespect to brāhmaṇas.
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:
The seventeenth chapter, as summarized by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya, describes Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes from His sixteenth year until the time He accepted the renounced order of life. Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has already vividly described these pastimes in the Caitanya-bhāgavata; therefore Kṛṣṇa dāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī describes them only briefly.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.
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 of godhead”
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: “followers”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “washed”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can the Lord’s example help me become more respectful toward brāhmaṇas?
Today, take care to speak respectfully whenever you mention brāhmaṇas.
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