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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.54

সকল সন্ন্যাসী মুঞি কৈনু নিমন্ত্রণ ।

তুমি যদি আইস, পূর্ণ হয় মোর মন ॥ ৫৪ ॥

sakala sannyāsī muñi kainu nimantraṇa

tumi yadi āisa, pūrṇa haya mora mana

Translation

“My dear Lord, I have invited all the sannyāsīs of Benares to my home. My desires will be fulfilled if You also accept my invitation.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

1
The brāhmaṇa knew that Caitanya Mahāprabhu was the only Vaiṣṇava sannyāsī in Benares; the others were Māyāvādīs.
2
It is the duty of a gṛhastha to sometimes invite sannyāsīs to take food at home. This brāhmaṇa wished to invite all the sannyāsīs.
3
Knowing that the presence of Māyāvādī sannyāsīs would make acceptance difficult, he fell at the Lord’s feet. He fervently appealed for compassion and humbly submitted his desire.

Key points from the purport

This brāhmaṇa knew that Caitanya Mahāprabhu was the only Vaiṣṇava sannyāsī in Benares at that time and all the others were Māyāvādīs.
This gṛhastha-brāhmaṇa wanted to invite all the sannyāsīs to his house, but he also knew that it would be very difficult to induce Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu to accept such an invitation because the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs would be present.
Therefore he fell down at His feet and fervently appealed to the Lord to be compassionate and grant his request.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

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

The mood of Ādi 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Learn the words of the verse.

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

What can I learn from the brāhmaṇa’s humble way of expressing his desire?

Offer a brief prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, humbly asking for His compassion.

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.