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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.187
তোমার উপরে প্ৰভুর সুপ্রসন্ন মন ।
তোমা লক্ষ্য করি’ শিখায়েন নিজ গণ ॥ ১৮৭ ॥
tomāra upare prabhura suprasanna mana
tomā lakṣya kari’ śikhāyena nija gaṇa
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya informed the King, “The Lord is very satisfied with you. By pointing you out, He was teaching His personal associates how to behave with mundane people.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord was very satisfied with the King. By pointing him out, He was teaching His personal associates how to behave with mundane people.
Although outwardly the King appeared mundane, internally he was purified by devotional activities. He showed this by serving as a street sweeper to please Lord Jagannātha.
A truly meek, humble person surrendered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is not mundane; only Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His very confidential devotees can make such a judgment. As a general principle, devotees should not intimately mix with mundane people interested in money and women.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Public ecstasy with inward longing. The festival’s collective joy carries the profound Vraja mood of meeting and separation.
The mood of Madhya 13 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:
When the cars reached the place known as Balagaṇḍi, the devotees offered the deities simple food. At this time, in a nearby garden, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees took a brief rest from the dancing.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 13
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “humble”, “meek”
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: “associates”
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: “serving”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I giving more attention to outward appearances or to cultivating humility and surrender?
Do one small cleaning task today as humble service meant to please Lord Jagannātha.
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