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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.83
পূর্বে যেন ব্রজে কৃষ্ণ করি’ অবতার ।
সকল ব্রহ্মাণ্ড-জীবের খণ্ডাইলা সংসার ॥ ৮৩ ॥
pūrve yena vraje kṛṣṇa kari’ avatāra
sakala brahmāṇḍa-jīvera khaṇḍāilā saṁsāra
“Formerly, when Lord Kṛṣṇa descended in Vṛndāvana, He freed all living entities in the universe from material existence in the same way.
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When Lord Kṛṣṇa descended in Vṛndāvana, He freed all living entities in the universe from material existence.
His deliverance extended to all living entities, not merely those in one place.
This earlier deliverance provides the comparison for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s deliverance of the universe.
Steadfast compassion. Haridāsa’s spiritual conviction and the reach of the holy name confront prejudice and temptation.
The mood of Antya 3 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:
Thus, following the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Dāmodara Paṇḍita went to Navadvīpa, taking with him all kinds of prasādam from Lord Jagannātha. On another occasion, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu once inquired from Haridāsa Ṭhākura, who was known as Brahma Haridāsa, how the yavanas, or persons bereft of Vedic culture, would be delivered in Kali-yuga .Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 3
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
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: “deliverance”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does Kṛṣṇa’s deliverance of all living entities broaden your appreciation of His mercy?
Read the translation slowly today, pausing on the words “all living entities.”
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