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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.56
প্রভুর মুখে বৈষ্ণবতা শুনিয়া সবার ।
ভট্টের ইচ্ছা হৈল তাঁ-সবারে দেখিবার ॥ ৫৬ ॥
prabhura mukhe vaiṣṇavatā śuniyā sabāra
bhaṭṭera icchā haila tāṅ-sabāre dekhibāra
When Vallabha Bhaṭṭa heard from the mouth of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu about the pure Vaiṣṇavism of all these devotees, he immediately desired to see them.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Vallabha Bhaṭṭa heard Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu describe the pure Vaiṣṇavism of these devotees.
Hearing about their devotion immediately awakened his desire to see them.
After his pride was cut down, his attention turned toward meeting the devotees the Lord had praised.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Does hearing about pure devotees awaken in me a desire to meet and learn from them?
Choose one devotee named in this batch and reread what the text says about that devotee’s teaching or service.
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