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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.54
কেহ লখিতে নারে প্রভুর অচিন্ত্য-শক্তি ।
অন্তরঙ্গ-ভক্ত জানে, যাঁর শুদ্ধভক্তি ॥ ৫৪ ॥
keha lakhite nāre prabhura acintya-śakti
antaraṅga-bhakta jāne, yāṅra śuddha-bhakti
Actually, no one could see the inconceivable potency of the Lord. Only the most confidential devotees, those in pure, unalloyed devotional service, could understand.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord’s potency is inconceivable.
His inconceivable potency was not visible to everyone.
Only His most confidential devotees, engaged in pure, unalloyed devotional service, could understand.
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:
Lord Jagannātha took permission from the goddess of fortune and then started in the car for the Guṇḍicā temple. The road to the temple led along a broad, sandy beach, and on both sides of the road were residential quarters, houses and gardens.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.
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: “service”
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “to everyone”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this verse direct your attention toward pure devotional service?
Before one act of devotional service today, pause to focus on serving without a separate personal aim.
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