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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 10.181
প্রেম বিনা কভু নহে তাঁর সাক্ষাৎকার ।
ইঁহার কৃপাতে হয় দরশন ইঁহার ॥ ১৮১ ॥
prema vinā kabhu nahe tāṅra sākṣātkāra
iṅhāra kṛpāte haya daraśana iṅhāra
“Without having ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, one cannot see Him directly. Therefore through the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Brahmānanda Bhāratī has acquired direct vision of the Lord.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Without ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, one cannot see Him directly. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu describes Brahmānanda Bhāratī as an advanced devotee who sees Kṛṣṇa everywhere.
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya judges that Brahmānanda Bhāratī sees Kṛṣṇa by Kṛṣṇa’s mercy. Kṛṣṇa directly presents Himself before an advanced devotee.
Through Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy, Brahmānanda Bhāratī has acquired direct vision of the Lord. He sees Kṛṣṇa Himself in the person of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
Due to his relationship with Keśava Bhāratī, Brahmānanda Bhāratī was also respectfully received by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. When he arrived at Jagannātha Purī, he was advised to give up the deerskin clothing he wore.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 10
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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 for krsna”, “ecstatic love”
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: “mercy”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this passage connect ecstatic love, the Lord’s mercy, and direct vision of Kṛṣṇa?
Offer a short prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for mercy to deepen your love for Kṛṣṇa.
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