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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.103
কৃষ্ণ বশ করিবেন কোন্ আরাধনে ।
বিচারিতে এক শ্লোক আইল তাঁর মনে ॥ ১০৩ ॥
kṛṣṇa vaśa karibena kon ārādhane
vicārite eka śloka āila tāṅra mane
While He was thinking about how to propitiate Kṛṣṇa by worship, the following verse came to His mind.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
He was thinking about how to please Kṛṣṇa.
His reflection focused on pleasing Kṛṣṇa through worship.
While He was considering this, a verse came to His mind.
Compassion and urgency. The holy name is offered for the age; divine love moves outward toward others.
The mood of Ādi 3 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:
Offering tulasī leaves and Ganges water, He cried for the Lord’s appearance. The Lord, being satisfied by His pure devotees, descends to satisfy them.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 3
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I pause to consider how my worship can please Kṛṣṇa?
Before worship today, take a quiet moment to consider how to please Kṛṣṇa.
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