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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.66
অদ্বৈতাদি ভক্তগণ নিমন্ত্রণ কৈল ।
মুখ্য মুখ্য নব জন নব দিন পাইল ॥ ৬৬ ॥
advaitādi bhakta-gaṇa nimantraṇa kaila
mukhya mukhya nava jana nava dina pāila
For nine days, nine chief devotees, headed by Advaita Ācārya, got an opportunity to invite the Lord to their homes.
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For nine days, devotees had the opportunity to invite the Lord to their homes.
These invitations came from nine chief devotees.
Advaita Ācārya headed this group of devotees.
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:
He then took the opportunity to massage the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The Lord, in His ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, immediately embraced the King and thus bestowed mercy upon him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the word “opportunity” suggest about how the devotees valued inviting the Lord?
Take a moment today to reflect on the privilege of welcoming the Lord.
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