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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.23
‘নিত্যানন্দ’ বলিতে হয় কৃষ্ণ–প্রেমোদয় ।
আউলায় সকল অঙ্গ, অশ্রু–গঙ্গা বয় ॥ ২৩ ॥
‘nityānanda’ balite haya kṛṣṇa-premodaya
āulāya sakala aṅga, aśru-gaṅgā vaya
Simply by talking of Nityānanda Prabhu one awakens his love for Kṛṣṇa. Thus all his bodily limbs are agitated by ecstasy, and tears flow from his eyes like the waters of the Ganges.
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Simply talking of Nityānanda Prabhu awakens love for Kṛṣṇa.
This awakened love brings ecstasy that agitates all the limbs of the body.
Tears flow from the eyes like the waters of the Ganges.
Vulnerability and obedience. Kavirāja writes by mercy and command rather than personal self-assertion.
The mood of Ādi 8 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:
One should seriously and sincerely continue to chant the Pañca-tattva names śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda. All these ācāryas will bestow their causeless mercy upon a devotee and gradually purify his heart.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 8
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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 for krsna”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might I make room today to speak of Nityānanda Prabhu?
Read this translation aloud, giving a moment to speaking of Nityānanda Prabhu and His connection with love for Kṛṣṇa.
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