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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 17.69
সর্বভাবে ভজ, লোক, চৈতন্য-চরণ ।
যাহা হৈতে পাইবা কৃষ্ণপ্রেমামৃত-ধন ॥ ৬৯ ॥
sarva-bhāve bhaja, loka, caitanya-caraṇa
yāhā haite pāibā kṛṣṇa-premāmṛta-dhana
O people of the world, worship the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in all respects. Only in this way will you achieve the nectarean treasure of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The invitation to worship Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is addressed to all people of the world.
The verse asks us to worship His lotus feet in all respects.
Only in this way will we achieve the nectarean treasure of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.
Inconceivable ecstatic absorption. The Lord’s overwhelming love manifests extraordinary bodily changes.
The mood of Antya 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:
Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives the following summary of the seventeenth chapter in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. Absorbed in transcendental ecstasy, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went out one night without opening the doors to His room. After crossing over three walls, He fell down among some cows belonging to the district of Tailaṅga. There He remained unconscious, assuming the aspect of a tortoise.Back to this verse in Antya 17
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love for krsna”, “ecstatic love”
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lotus feet”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I respond today to this invitation to worship Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
Offer a brief prayer at Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s lotus feet, asking for love for Kṛṣṇa.
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