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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.158
তবে বাসুদেবে প্রভু করি’ আলিঙ্গন ।
তাঁর গুণ কহে হঞা সহস্র-বদন ॥ ১৫৮ ॥
tabe vāsudeve prabhu kari’ āliṅgana
tāṅra guṇa kahe hañā sahasra-vadana
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then embraced Vāsudeva Datta and began to speak of his glories as if He had a thousand mouths.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu embraced Vāsudeva Datta.
He then began speaking of Vāsudeva Datta's glories.
His praise was so abundant that He spoke as if He had a thousand mouths.
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:
When the Lord bade farewell to Rāghava Paṇḍita, Vāsudeva Datta, the residents of Kulīna-grāma and other devotees, He praised them for their transcendental qualities. Rāmānanda Vasu and Satyarāja Khān asked some questions, and Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed them that all householder devotees must engage themselves in the service of Vaiṣṇavas exclusively devoted to chanting the holy name of the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 15
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In this verse: “embraced”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How readily do you recognize and speak of another person's good qualities?
Sincerely acknowledge one good quality in someone today.
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