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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.17
গৌড়দেশের লোক নিস্তারিতে মন হৈল ।
নকুল-হৃদয়ে প্রভু ‘আবেশ’ করিল ॥ ১৭ ॥
gauḍa-deśera loka nistārite mana haila
nakula-hṛdaye prabhu ‘āveśa’ karila
Desiring to deliver all the people of Bengal, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entered the heart of Nakula Brahmacārī.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu desired to deliver all the people of Bengal.
With this desire, He entered the heart of Nakula Brahmacārī.
Nakula Brahmacārī, described as a perfectly pure devotee, became a means through whom the Lord could reach others.
Sorrow and uncompromising discipline. Junior Haridāsa’s exclusion and death present an ethically painful episode.
The mood of Antya 2 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:
Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, the author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, wanted to explain direct meetings with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, meetings with those empowered by Him, and His āvirbhāva appearance. Thus he described the glories of Nṛsiṁhānanda and other devotees.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 2
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “deliver”
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In this verse: “pure devotee”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What touches you about the Lord’s desire to deliver all the people of Bengal?
Offer a brief prayer today for others to receive the Lord’s mercy.
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