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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.46
‘হরিবোল’ বলি’ কাঙ্গাল প্রেমে ভাসি’ যায় ।
ঐছন অদ্ভুত লীলা করে গৌররায় ॥ ৪৬ ॥
‘hari-bola’ bali’ kāṅgāla preme bhāsi’ yāya
aichana adbhuta līlā kare gaurarāya
As soon as the beggars chanted the holy name, “Haribol,” they were immediately absorbed in ecstatic love of Godhead. In this way Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed wonderful pastimes.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
As soon as the beggars chanted “Haribol,” they were absorbed in ecstatic love of Godhead. This was one of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s wonderful pastimes.
To feel ecstatic love of God is to be on the transcendental platform. One who remains in that position will surely return home, back to Godhead.
In the spiritual world there are no higher, middle or lower classes.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
The mood of Madhya 14 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:
The Lord, in His ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, immediately embraced the King and thus bestowed mercy upon him. When there was an offering of prasādam in the garden, Lord Caitanya also partook of it.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chanted”, “holy name”, “haribol”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of godhead”, “ecstatic love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the absence of social classes in the spiritual world challenge my view of others?
Chant “Haribol” today, then reflect briefly on the teaching that the spiritual world has no higher or lower classes.
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