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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.57
বাহ্যজ্ঞান নাহি, সে-কালে কৃষ্ণনাম শুনি’ ।
আলিঙ্গন করিবেন তোমায় ‘বৈষ্ণব’ জানি’ ॥ ৫৭ ॥
bāhya-jñāna nāhi, se-kāle kṛṣṇa-nāma śuni,
āliṅgana karibena tomāya ‘vaiṣṇava’ ‘jāni’
“Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu will be in a mood of ecstatic love, without external consciousness. At that time, as you recite those chapters from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, He will embrace you, knowing you to be a pure Vaiṣṇava.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
A Vaiṣṇava is always ready to help another Vaiṣṇava progress toward realization of the Absolute Truth.
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya understood the King’s position as a pure Vaiṣṇava. The King was always thinking of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
A Vaiṣṇava is always compassionate, especially toward a prospective devotee who is firmly determined. The Bhaṭṭācārya therefore wanted to help the King approach the Lord.
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.
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: “ecstatic love”
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