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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.72
স্বরূপ কহে, — যাতে জানিল তোমার মন ।
তাতে জানি, — হয় তোমার কৃপার ভাজন ॥ ৭২ ॥
svarūpa kahe, — yāte jānila tomāra mana
tāte jāni, — haya tomāra kṛpāra bhājana
Śrīla Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī replied to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, “If Rūpa Gosvāmī can understand Your mind and intentions, he must have Your Lordship’s special benediction.”
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Śrīla Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī replied to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
He said that Rūpa Gosvāmī’s understanding of the Lord’s mind and intentions must come from the Lord’s special benediction.
His reply gave credit to the Lord’s blessing for Rūpa Gosvāmī’s understanding.
Anticipation and hidden longing. The author previews later pastimes, including the inner Vraja mood expressed at Ratha-yātrā.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
There is also a description of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstasy that occurred when He recited the verse beginning yaḥ kaumāra-haraḥ, as well as a description of how that ecstasy was explained in the verse beginning priyaḥ so ’yaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ, by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. Because he wrote that verse, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was specifically blessed by the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
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