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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.50
এত শুনি’ সার্বভৌম হইলা চিন্তিত ।
রাজার অনুরাগ দেখি’ হইলা বিস্মিত ॥ ৫০ ॥
eta śuni’ sārvabhauma ha-ilā cintita
rājāra anurāga dekhi’ ha-ilā vismita
Hearing King Pratāparudra’s determination, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya became thoughtful. Indeed, he was very much astonished to see the King’s determination.
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Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya was astonished by the King’s determination. Despite ample opportunity for material enjoyment, the King considered everything useless if he could not see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Bhakti, devotional service, must be unconditional. No material impediments can actually check its advancement.
Devotional service can be executed by anyone in any position, whether a common person or a king. One must simply be dṛḍha-vrata, firmly determined.
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:
Because of this, the Lord became a little soft. The King also made promises to Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, who hinted how the King might meet the Lord.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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might I serve the Lord without making my material circumstances a condition?
Choose one small act of devotional service and carry it out today despite an inconvenience.
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