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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.64
শ্রীঅঙ্গ, শ্রীমুখ যেই করে দরশন ।
তার পাপক্ষয় হয়, পায় প্রেমধন ॥ ৬৪ ॥
śrī-aṅga, śrī-mukha yei kare daraśana
tāra pāpa-kṣaya haya, pāya prema-dhana
Anyone who looks upon His beautiful body or beautiful face becomes freed from all sins and obtains the wealth of love of Godhead.
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The verse speaks of anyone who looks upon His beautiful body or beautiful face.
Such a person becomes freed from all sins.
That person also obtains the wealth of love of Godhead.
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:
The Lord tried to conceal His identity as the Supreme Personality of Godhead by representing Himself as a devotee, but His pure devotees could recognize Him by His special features. The Vedas and Purāṇas foretell the appearance of Lord Caitanya, but still He is sometimes called, significantly, the concealed descent of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 3
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
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In this verse: “love of godhead”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What changes when I think of love of Godhead as wealth?
Spend a quiet moment reflecting on His beautiful face and the wealth of love of Godhead.
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