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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.25

উছলিল প্রেমবন্যা চৌদিকে বেড়ায় ।

স্ত্রী, বৃদ্ধ, বালক, যুবা, সবারে ডুবায় ॥ ২৫ ॥

uchalila prema-vanyā caudike veḍāya

strī, vṛddha, bālaka, yuvā, sabāre ḍubāya

Translation

The flood of love of Godhead swelled in all directions, and thus young men, old men, women and children were all immersed in that inundation.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

1
The flood of love of Godhead spread in every direction. Young men, old men, women and children were all immersed in it.
2
The floods in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur indicate that love of Godhead should spread worldwide from Lord Caitanya’s birthplace. This spiritual inundation will help everyone.
3
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is powerful enough to inundate the entire world. It can awaken interest in love of Godhead among all classes of people.

Key points from the purport

When the contents of the storehouse of love of Godhead is thus distributed, there is a powerful inundation that covers the entire land.
This is an indication that from the birthplace of Lord Caitanya the inundation of love of Godhead should be spread all over the world, for this will help everyone, including old men, young men, women and children.
The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is so powerful that it can inundate the entire world and interest all classes of men in the subject of love of Godhead.

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How it feels

Collective delight. The Pañca-tattva gives divine love a relational and communal form.

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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”

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