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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.86
তৈছে তুমি নবদ্বীপে করি’ অবতার ।
সকল-ব্রহ্মাণ্ড-জীবের করিলা নিস্তার ॥ ৮৬ ॥
taiche tumi navadvīpe kari’ avatāra
sakala-brahmāṇḍa-jīvera karilā nistāra
“By descending as an incarnation at Navadvīpa, You, just like Kṛṣṇa, have already delivered all the living entities of the universe.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is addressed as the Lord who descended as an incarnation at Navadvīpa.
The speaker declares that He has already delivered all living entities of the universe.
His deliverance is compared directly with Kṛṣṇa’s deliverance of all living entities.
Steadfast compassion. Haridāsa’s spiritual conviction and the reach of the holy name confront prejudice and temptation.
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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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In this verse: “delivered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you in the declaration that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has already delivered all living entities?
Read this verse alongside the earlier statement about Kṛṣṇa’s descent, noticing the shared scope of their deliverance.
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