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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.70
মহাপ্রভুর গণ যত আইলা গৌড় হৈতে ।
ভট্টাচার্য, একে একে দেখাহ আমাতে ॥ ৭০ ॥
mahāprabhura gaṇa yata āila gauḍa haite
bhaṭṭācārya, eke eke dekhāha āmāte
“Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, please show me, one after another, all of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s devotees who are coming from Bengal.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The King asked Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya to show him the arriving devotees.
He wanted to see all of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s devotees coming from Bengal.
His request was to be shown the devotees one after another.
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:
While Advaita Ācārya and the other devotees were coming to Jagannātha Purī, Svarūpa Dāmodara and Govinda, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s two personal assistants, went to receive all the devotees with garlands. From the roof of his palace, King Pratāparudra could see all the devotees arriving.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.
Do I take an interest in knowing devotees individually?
Ask to be introduced to one devotee you do not yet know.
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