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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.31
সেই সিংহ বসুক্ জীবের হৃদয়–কন্দরে ।
কল্মষ–দ্বিরদ নাশে যাঁহার হুঙ্কারে ॥ ৩১ ॥
sei siṁha vasuk jīvera hṛdaya-kandare
kalmaṣa-dvirada nāśe yāṅhāra huṅkāre
May that lion be seated in the core of the heart of every living being. Thus with His resounding roar may He drive away one’s elephantine vices.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The prayer asks that the lionlike Lord be seated in the core of every living being's heart.
One's vices are described as elephantine.
The Lord's resounding roar can drive those vices away.
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:
As stated in this chapter, it was for this purpose that Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared personally in Navadvīpa in the form of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja has herein presented much authentic evidence from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and other scriptures to substantiate the identity of Lord Caitanya with Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 3
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which vice would I like to ask the Lord to drive from my heart?
Offer a short prayer welcoming the Lord into your heart and asking Him to remove one vice you recognize.
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