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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.15
সন্ত্ববতারা বহবঃ পুষ্করনাভস্য সর্বতোভদ্রাঃ ।
কৃষ্ণাদন্যঃ কো বা লতাস্বপি প্রেমদো ভবতি ।।” ১৫ ।। ॥ ১৫ ॥
santv avatārā bahavaḥ puṣkara-nābhasya sarvato-bhadrāḥ
kṛṣṇād anyaḥ ko vā latāsv api prema-do bhavati”
“ ‘There may be many all-auspicious incarnations of the Personality of Godhead, but who other than Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa can bestow love of God upon the surrendered souls?’”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
There may be many all-auspicious incarnations of the Personality of Godhead.
The verse singles out Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa as the giver of love of God to surrendered souls.
The purport identifies Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura as the author of this verse. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī quotes it in his Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
In this chapter, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s meeting with Vallabha Bhaṭṭa is described. There was some joking behavior between these two personalities, and finally Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu corrected Vallabha Bhaṭṭa and sympathetically accepted an invitation from him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 7
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love”
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “surrendered”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does receiving love of God as a surrendered soul mean to you?
Offer one short prayer expressing your wish to surrender to Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa and receive love for Him.
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