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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.122
সংক্ষেপে কহিয়া করি দিক্ দরশন ।
যেই ইহা শুনে, পায় কৃষ্ণের চরণ ॥ ১২২ ॥
saṅkṣepe kahiyā kari dik daraśana
yei ihā śune, pāya kṛṣṇera caraṇa
I have briefly described them just to give an indication of His transcendental pastimes. Nevertheless, anyone who hears this will certainly attain the shelter of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet.
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Kṛṣṇadāsa gives a brief description to indicate Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s transcendental pastimes.
Even this brief account carries a certain promise: anyone who hears it will attain the shelter of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet.
The account invites us to hear with a desire for shelter at Lord Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet, not merely to gather information.
Intense yearning. Darśana, dreams, and visions of Vraja bring overwhelming separation.
The mood of Antya 14 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:
As He ran toward it, He became stunned, and then the eight ecstatic transformations appeared in His body due to great love for Kṛṣṇa. At that time all the devotees chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra to pacify Him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 14
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “shelter”, “lotus feet”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might the promise of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s shelter change the way I listen to these pastimes?
Read this translation aloud slowly today, listening with a desire for shelter at Lord Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet.
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