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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 10.189
এই ত’ কহিল প্রভুর বৈষ্ণব-মিলন ।
ইহা যেই শুনে, পায় চৈতন্য-চরণ ॥ ১৮৯ ॥
ei ta’ kahila prabhura vaiṣṇava-milana
ihā yei śune, pāya caitanya-caraṇa
Thus I have described the meeting of all the Vaiṣṇavas with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Whoever hears this description ultimately attains shelter at His lotus feet.
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The author has described the meeting of all the Vaiṣṇavas with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
He invites attention to the blessing of hearing this description.
Whoever hears it ultimately attains shelter at the Lord’s lotus feet.
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:
Thus he arrived at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. After the demise of Śrī Īśvara Purī, his disciple Govinda, following his instructions, went to serve Caitanya Mahāprabhu.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.
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “shelter”, “lotus feet”
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: “blessing”
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Read this description aloud today and listen carefully to its words.
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