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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.197
প্রভু কহে, — “প্রয়াগে ইহার হইল মিলন ।
ইহার গুণে ইহাতে আমার তুষ্ট হৈল মন ॥ ১৯৭ ॥
prabhu kahe, — “prayāge ihāra ha-ila milana
ihāra guṇe ihāte āmāra tuṣṭa haila mana
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied, “I met Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī at Prayāga. He attracted and satisfied Me because of his qualities.”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu met Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī at Prayāga and was attracted and satisfied by his qualities.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is not partial to some and neutral to others. One can draw His attention by service.
Kṛṣṇa is responsive: when one tries to render his best service, the Lord gives him the power to do so. Such empowerment enables service that others can appreciate.
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The purport of CC Antya 1.197 quotesBG 4.11
This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā (4.11): ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham.
The purport of CC Antya 1.197 quotesBG 10.10
Kṛṣṇa also says in the Bhagavad-gītā (10.10):
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Recognition and encouragement. Rūpa’s devotional insight receives the Lord’s approval; even a dog receives mercy.
The mood of Antya 1 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:
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī composed an important verse beginning with the words priyaḥ so ’yam, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu relished it very much. One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Rāmānanda Rāya, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and others went to the place of Haridāsa Ṭhākura and heard some of the verses Rūpa Gosvāmī had composed for his books Lalita-mādhava and Vidagdha-mādhava.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 1
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What would it mean to offer your best effort in service rather than seek special favor?
Choose one small act of service today, give it your best attention, and pray for the power to do it well.
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