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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.157
সেই মুরারি-গুপ্ত এই — মোর প্রাণ সম ।
ইঁহার দৈন্য শুনি’ মোর ফাটয়ে জীবন ॥ ১৫৭ ॥
sei murāri-gupta ei — mora prāṇa sama
iṅhāra dainya śuni’ mora phāṭaye jīvana
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “I accept this Murāri Gupta as My life and soul. When I hear of his humility, it perturbs My very life.”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted Murāri Gupta as His life and soul.
He spoke particularly of Murāri Gupta's humility.
Hearing of that humility moved Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu so deeply that He said it perturbed His very life.
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:
He also instructed the Vaiṣṇavas from Khaṇḍa, as well as Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and Vidyā-vācaspati, and He praised Murāri Gupta for his firm faith in the lotus feet of Lord Rāmacandra. Considering the humble prayer of Vāsudeva Datta, He established that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is qualified to deliver all the conditioned souls.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 15
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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: “humility”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the Lord's affection for Murāri Gupta shape your understanding of humility?
Offer a brief, humble prayer to the Lord today, without listing your achievements.
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