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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.273
জয় জয় মহাপ্রভু — ব্রজেন্দ্রকুমার ।
জগৎ তারিতে প্রভু, তোমার অবতার ॥ ২৭৩ ॥
jaya jaya mahāprabhu — vrajendra-kumāra
jagat tārite prabhu, tomāra avatāra
All the people began to call very loudly, “All glories to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is the son of Mahārāja Nanda! Now You have appeared in order to deliver the whole world!
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
All the people loudly called out glories to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
They acclaimed Him as the son of Mahārāja Nanda, identifying Him as Kṛṣṇa Himself.
They declared that He had appeared to deliver the whole world.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “nanda”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does His appearance to deliver the whole world mean to you?
Read the people’s declaration aloud once, pausing to reflect on His purpose of delivering the whole world.
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