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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.184
কাহাঁ বহির্মুখ তার্কিক-শিষ্যগণ-সঙ্গে ।
কাহাঁ এই সঙ্গসুধা-সমুদ্র-তরঙ্গে ॥ ১৮৪ ॥
kāhāṅ bahirmukha tārkika-śiṣyagaṇa-saṅge
kāhāṅ ei saṅga-sudhā-samudra-taraṅge
“Whereas I once associated with the disciples of logic, all nondevotees, I am now merged in the waves of the nectarean ocean of the association of devotees.”
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Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya contrasted his former association with nondevotee logicians with his present joy in the association of devotees. He described this joy as waves of a nectarean ocean.
The word bahirmukha refers to someone busy tasting material enjoyment and posing as an enjoyer of the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s external energy.
Attraction to external opulence makes the nondevotee forget his intimate relationship with Kṛṣṇa. Such a person does not like the idea of becoming Kṛṣṇa conscious.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Madhya 12.184 quotesSB 7.5.30
This is explained by Śrīla Prahlāda Mahārāja in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (7.5.30-31):
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Purification through joyful service. Collective cleansing becomes a visible devotional act before Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 12 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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took great pleasure when He saw the Jagannātha Deity after the period of the Deity’s retirement. At that time Lord Caitanya was accompanied by all the devotees, and all of them were very pleased.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 12
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “association”, “associated”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “relationship”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Does my present association help me remember my relationship with Kṛṣṇa?
Make time today for a brief conversation with a devotee about Kṛṣṇa.
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