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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.100
“নন্দনন্দন কৃষ্ণ — মোর প্রাণনাথ” ।
এই বাক্যে বিকাইনু তাঁর বংশের হাত ॥ ১০০ ॥
“nandanandana kṛṣṇa — mora prāṇa-nātha”
ei vākye vikāinu tāṅra vaṁśera hāta
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “ ‘Kṛṣṇa, the son of Nanda Mahārāja, is my life and soul.’ By this statement I am sold into the hands of the descendants of Guṇarāja Khān.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu quoted the declaration, “Kṛṣṇa, the son of Nanda Mahārāja, is my life and soul.”
The statement expresses a deeply personal devotion to Kṛṣṇa.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that this statement sold Him into the hands of Guṇarāja Khān’s descendants.
Festive affection and reconciliation. Festivals, reciprocal hospitality, and the deliverance of Amogha show affectionate grace.
The mood of Madhya 15 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 devotees all became soldiers of Lord Rāmacandra, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, in the ecstasy of Hanumān, manifested various transcendentally blissful activities. Thereafter, the Lord and His devotees observed various other ceremonies.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 15
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “nanda”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What would it mean for me to cherish Kṛṣṇa as my life and soul?
Slowly read the quoted declaration aloud and spend a moment reflecting on its meaning.
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