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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.110
পঞ্চমে — প্রদ্যুম্নমিশ্রে প্রভু কৃপা করিলা ।
রায়-দ্বারা কৃষ্ণকথা তাঁরে শুনাইলা ॥ ১১০ ॥
pañcame — pradyumna-miśre prabhu kṛpā karilā
rāya-dvārā kṛṣṇa-kathā tāṅre śunāilā
The fifth chapter tells how the Lord showed His favor to Pradyumna Miśra and made him hear topics of Kṛṣṇa from Rāmānanda Rāya.
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The fifth chapter tells how the Lord showed His favor to Pradyumna Miśra.
The Lord made Pradyumna Miśra hear topics of Kṛṣṇa from Rāmānanda Rāya.
Here, the opportunity to hear about Kṛṣṇa is presented as the Lord’s favor.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Sometimes He recited verses from Jayadeva Gosvāmī’s Gīta-govinda, from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, from Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya’s Jagannātha-vallabha-nāṭaka or from Śrī Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura’s Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta. In this way, He became absorbed in ecstatic emotions.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 20
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In this verse: “favor”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might seeing hearing about Kṛṣṇa as a favor change your attention?
Spend a few quiet minutes today attentively hearing or reading topics of Kṛṣṇa.
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