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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.27
তোমাতে যে এত প্রীতি হইল রাজার ।
এই গুণে কৃষ্ণ তাঁরে করিবে অঙ্গীকার ॥ ২৭ ॥
tomāte ye eta prīti ha-ila rājāra
ei guṇe kṛṣṇa tāṅre karibe aṅgīkāra
“Because the King has shown so much love for you, Lord Kṛṣṇa will certainly accept him.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
King Pratāparudra allowed Rāmānanda Rāya to leave government service and encouraged him with a full pension. The Lord greatly appreciated this support.
The Lord is more pleased when one serves His servant. To approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one has to go through His confidential servant.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu assured Rāmānanda Rāya that Kṛṣṇa would certainly accept the King because of the King’s love for 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:
At this time Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya returned from his governmental post, and he praised King Pratāparudra highly in Lord Caitanya’s presence. Because of this, the Lord became a little soft.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”, “serves”, “servant”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I support a devotee’s service rather than seek attention for myself?
Offer one small, practical help to someone engaged in the Lord’s service.
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