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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.148
বল্লভ-ভট্টের হয় বাৎসল্য-উপাসন ।
বালগোপাল-মন্ত্রে তেঁহো করেন সেবন ॥ ১৪৮ ॥
vallabha-bhaṭṭera haya vātsalya-upāsana
bāla-gopāla-mantre teṅho karena sevana
Vallabha Bhaṭṭa was accustomed to worshiping the Lord as child Kṛṣṇa. Therefore he had been initiated into the Bāla-gopāla mantra and was thus worshiping the Lord.
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Vallabha Bhaṭṭa was accustomed to worshiping the Lord as child Kṛṣṇa.
He had therefore been initiated into the Bāla-gopāla mantra.
He was worshiping the Lord through that mantra.
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:
Later, when Vallabha Bhaṭṭa became intimately connected with the Lord, the Lord advised him to take instructions from Gadādhara Paṇḍita. Thus the Lord expressed His feelings of love for Gadādhara Paṇḍita.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 7
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How were Vallabha Bhaṭṭa’s initiation and worship connected to his devotion to child Kṛṣṇa?
Note the name Bāla-gopāla and its connection here with worship of child Kṛṣṇa.
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