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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.80
কুলাধিদেবতা মোর—মদনমোহন ।
যাঁর সেবক—রঘুনাথ, রূপ, সনাতন ॥ ৮০ ॥
kulādhidevatā mora — madana-mohana
yāṅra sevaka — raghunātha, rūpa, sanātana
I accept as my family Deity Madana-mohana, whose worshipers are Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The author accepts Madana-mohana as his family Deity.
Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī is named among Madana-mohana’s worshipers.
Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī are also His worshipers.
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:
In his very old age, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī went to Vṛndāvana, and by the order of Śrī Madana-mohanajī he wrote Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta. Thus we are now able to relish its transcendental bliss.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 8
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does accepting the Lord as your family Deity mean to you?
Offer a brief prayer to Madana-mohana today, remembering the worshipers named in this verse.
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