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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.138
যদ্যপি মুকুন্দ — আমা-সঙ্গে শিশু হৈতে ।
তাঁহা হৈতে অধিক সুখ তোমারে দেখিতে ॥ ১৩৮ ॥
yadyapi mukunda — āmā-saṅge śiśu haite
tāṅhā haite adhika sukha tomāre dekhite
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “Although Mukunda is My friend from childhood, I nonetheless take greater pleasure in seeing you than in seeing him.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Mukunda Datta was Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s childhood friend, and Vāsudeva Datta was Mukunda Datta’s older brother.
It is naturally a great pleasure to see a friend, and the Lord took pleasure in seeing Mukunda.
The Lord told Vāsudeva Datta that His pleasure was even greater upon seeing him.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Communal anticipation. Arriving devotees, kīrtana, and longing to meet the Lord converge.
The mood of Madhya 11 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:
Gopīnātha Ācārya stood on the roof with the King, and, following Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya’s instructions, identified each and every devotee. The King discussed the devotees with Gopīnātha Ācārya, and he mentioned that the devotees were accepting prasādam without observing the regulative principles governing pilgrimages.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How freely do I express sincere joy in another person’s company?
Tell someone today, without comparing them to anyone else, that seeing them brings you joy.
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