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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.177
কৃষ্ণের প্রতিজ্ঞা এক আছে পূর্ব হৈতে ।
যে যৈছে ভজে, কৃষ্ণ তারে ভজে তৈছে ॥ ১৭৭ ॥
kṛṣṇera pratijñā eka āche pūrva haite
ye yaiche bhaje, kṛṣṇa tāre bhaje taiche
Lord Kṛṣṇa has a promise from before to reciprocate with His devotees according to the way they worship Him.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Kṛṣṇa has already made a promise to His devotees.
He promises to reciprocate with them.
His reciprocation accords with the way they worship Him.
Profound longing. Kṛṣṇa desires to taste Rādhā’s love, His own sweetness as She sees it, and Her joy.
The mood of Ādi 4 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:
Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī was the principal figure among Lord Caitanya’s confidential devotees. The records of his diary have revealed these confidential purposes of the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 4
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How does Kṛṣṇa’s promise shape your understanding of worship?
Recall Kṛṣṇa’s promise before one act of worship today.
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