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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.60
তাঁরে দেখি, মহাপ্রভুর কৃষ্ণস্মৃতি হৈল ।
প্রেমাবেশে তাঁরে মিলি’ কহিতে লাগিল ॥ ৬০ ॥
tāṅre dekhi, mahāprabhura kṛṣṇa-smṛti haila
premāveśe tāṅre mili’ kahite lāgila
Seeing the boy, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu immediately remembered Kṛṣṇa. Meeting the boy in ecstatic love, the Lord began to speak.
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Seeing the boy, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu immediately remembered Kṛṣṇa.
The Lord met the boy in ecstatic love.
In that loving meeting, the Lord began to speak.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
This incident is very significant, for it awoke within the devotee ecstatic love. Then the son of Advaita Prabhu named Gopāla fainted during kīrtana, and when he did not come to his senses, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu favored him by awakening him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 12
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In this verse: “ecstatic love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What touches you about the Lord’s immediate remembrance of Kṛṣṇa?
Pause today to remember Kṛṣṇa while rereading the Lord’s response to seeing the boy.
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