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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.48
‘রূপ দণ্ডবৎ করে’, — হরিদাস কহিলা ।
হরিদাসে মিলি’ প্রভু রূপে আলিঙ্গিলা ॥ ৪৮ ॥
‘rūpa daṇḍavat kare’, — haridāsa kahilā
haridāse mili’ prabhu rūpe āliṅgilā
When the Lord arrived, Rūpa Gosvāmī immediately offered his obeisances. Haridāsa informed the Lord, “This is Rūpa Gosvāmī offering You obeisances,” and the Lord embraced him.
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When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu arrives, Rūpa Gosvāmī immediately offers his obeisances.
Haridāsa identifies Rūpa Gosvāmī as the person offering obeisances.
The Lord embraces Rūpa Gosvāmī, meeting his reverence with affection.
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:
The next day, when Śivānanda and his party reached Jagannātha Purī, Śivānanda saw the dog eating some coconut pulp offered to it by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. After this incident, the dog was liberated and went back home, back to Godhead.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 1
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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: “embraced”
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”
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: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you bring both respect and warmth into your dealings with others?
Offer a deliberate, respectful greeting to someone today.
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