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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.3
জয় জয় অবধূতচন্দ্র নিত্যানন্দ ।
জগৎ বাঁধিল যেঁহ দিয়া প্রেমফাঁদ ॥ ৩ ॥
jaya jaya avadhūta-candra nityānanda
jagat bāṅdhila yeṅha diyā prema-phāṅda
All glories to Nityānanda Prabhu, the greatest of mendicants, who bound the entire world with a knot of ecstatic love for God!
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The author offers all glories to Nityānanda Prabhu.
Nityānanda Prabhu is praised as the greatest of mendicants, those living in renunciation.
He bound the entire world with a knot of ecstatic love for God.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The following summary of the eighth chapter is given by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. This chapter describes the history of the Lord’s dealings with Rāmacandra Purī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 8
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “ecstatic love”
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What does the image of a knot of love for God suggest to me?
Read Nityānanda Prabhu’s praise aloud, pausing over the words “ecstatic love for God.”
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