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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.61
প্রভাবে আকর্ষিল সব সন্ন্যাসীর মন ।
উঠিল সন্ন্যাসী সব ছাড়িয়া আসন ॥ ৬১ ॥
prabhāve ākarṣila saba sannyāsīra mana
uṭhila sannyāsī saba chāḍiyā āsana
When the sannyāsīs saw the brilliant illumination of the body of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, their minds were attracted, and they all immediately gave up their sitting places and stood in respect.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The brilliant illumination of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s body attracted the sannyāsīs. They immediately stood in respect.
Extraordinary powers do not prove that someone is God. A real saintly person never declares himself God but remains a servant of God.
A humble servant may perform wonderful activities by the Supreme Lord’s grace. He gives all credit to the master rather than taking it himself.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “saintly”
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “humble”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “grace”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When something I do receives praise, do I remember the Supreme Lord’s grace?
Today, when you receive appreciation, quietly acknowledge the Supreme Lord’s grace rather than taking all the credit.
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.
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