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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.57
কৃষ্ণের যে সাধারণ সদ্গুণ পঞ্চাশ ।
সে সব গুণের তাঁর শরীরে নিবাস ॥ ৫৭ ॥
kṛṣṇera ye sādhāraṇa sad-guṇa pañcāśa
se saba guṇera tāṅra śarīre nivāsa
The fifty qualities of Lord Kṛṣṇa were all present in his body.
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The Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu describes the transcendental qualities of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, of which fifty are primary. All fifty were present in minute quantity in Śrī Haridāsa Paṇḍita.
Every living entity is a part of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. These fifty good qualities of Śrī Kṛṣṇa are originally present in minute quantity in every living being.
Contact with material nature hides these qualities in the conditioned soul. When one becomes a purified devotee, they all automatically manifest themselves.
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The purport of CC Ādi 8.57 quotesSB 5.18.12
This is stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (5.18.12), as mentioned in the text below.
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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:
When he is actually purified, automatically he will experience ecstasy in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. Previous to the composition of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura wrote a book called Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata.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.
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “haridāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing that these good qualities are minutely present in every living being affect the way you see others?
When you meet someone today, quietly remember that they are a part of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and possess these good qualities in minute quantity.
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