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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 10.117
অদ্বৈত-নিত্যানন্দের পরম প্রিয়তম ।
শ্রীবাসাদি ভক্তগণের হয় প্রাণ-সম ॥ ১১৭ ॥
advaita-nityānandera parama priyatama
śrīvāsādi bhakta-gaṇera haya prāṇa-sama
Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara was very dear to Advaita Ācārya and Nityānanda Prabhu, and he was the life and soul of all the devotees, headed by Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura.
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Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara was very dear to Advaita Ācārya.
He was also very dear to Nityānanda Prabhu.
He was the life and soul of all the devotees, headed by Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura.
Relief and affectionate reunion. Devotees gather as the Lord returns; separation is temporarily relieved.
The mood of Madhya 10 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:
Nityānanda Prabhu sent Kṛṣṇadāsa to Bengal to inform the Navadvīpa devotees about the Lord’s return to Jagannātha Purī. All the devotees of Navadvīpa thus began arranging to come to Jagannātha Purī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 10
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the phrase “life and soul of all the devotees” help me appreciate about Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara?
Pause today to appreciate one devotee who is dear to you.
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