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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.215
জন্মে জন্মে তুমি দুই — কিঙ্কর আমার ।
অচিরাতে কৃষ্ণ তোমায় করিবে উদ্ধার ॥ ২১৫ ॥
janme janme tumi dui — kiṅkara āmāra
acirāte kṛṣṇa tomāya karibe uddhāra
“Birth after birth you have been My eternal servants. I am sure that Kṛṣṇa will deliver you very soon.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The two brothers are addressed as His eternal servants.
Their relationship of service continues birth after birth.
He expresses certainty that Kṛṣṇa will deliver them very soon.
Anticipation and hidden longing. The author previews later pastimes, including the inner Vraja mood expressed at Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 1 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 is also a description of the many books written by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī. There is also a description of the meeting between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī in the village known as Rāmakeli.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “servants”, “service”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “deliver”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “relationship”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this assurance connect eternal service with confidence in Kṛṣṇa?
Spend one quiet minute reflecting on the assurance that Kṛṣṇa will deliver the brothers.
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