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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.139
প্রভু অবতীর্ণ হৈলা জগৎ তারিতে ।
মানিলেন নিমন্ত্রণ, তারে সুখ দিতে ॥ ১৩৯ ॥
prabhu avatīrṇa hailā jagat tārite
mānilena nimantraṇa, tāre sukha dite
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who had descended to deliver the entire universe, accepted the invitation of Vallabha Bhaṭṭa just to give him happiness.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had descended to deliver the entire universe.
He accepted Vallabha Bhaṭṭa’s invitation.
He accepted it just to give Vallabha Bhaṭṭa happiness, showing personal kindness within His universal mission.
Pride softened by grace. Humor and correction lead toward humility and a relationship of devotion.
The mood of Antya 7 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:
There was some joking behavior between these two personalities, and finally Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu corrected Vallabha Bhaṭṭa and sympathetically accepted an invitation from him. Before this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw that Vallabha Bhaṭṭa was greatly attached to Gadādhara Paṇḍita.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 7
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In this verse: “deliver”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the Lord’s wish to give Vallabha Bhaṭṭa happiness teach me about His kindness?
Respond kindly to one person’s request today, looking for a small way to give them happiness.
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