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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.277
প্রভু দেখি’ প্রেমে লোক আনন্দিত মন ।
প্রভুকে ঈশ্বর বলি’ করয়ে স্তবন ॥ ২৭৭ ॥
prabhu dekhi’ preme loka ānandita mana
prabhuke īśvara bali’ karaye stavana
Seeing the Lord, everyone became joyful out of love. Everyone accepted the Lord as the Supreme, and thus they offered their prayers.
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Seeing the Lord, everyone became joyful out of love.
Everyone accepted the Lord as the Supreme.
Recognizing His supreme position, they offered their prayers.
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:
Because he wrote that verse, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was specifically blessed by the Lord. There is also a description of the many books written by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī.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.
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”
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: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might recognizing the Lord as the Supreme shape your prayers?
Offer one short prayer to the Lord, acknowledging Him as the Supreme.
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