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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.169
তুমি যাঁর হিত বাঞ্ছ’, সে হৈল ‘বৈষ্ণব’ ।
বৈষ্ণবের পাপ কৃষ্ণ দূর করে সব ॥ ১৬৯ ॥
tumi yāṅra hita vāñcha’, se haila ‘vaiṣṇava’
vaiṣṇavera pāpa kṛṣṇa dūra kare saba
“Whosever welfare you desire immediately becomes a Vaiṣṇava, and Kṛṣṇa delivers all Vaiṣṇavas from the reactions of their past sinful activities.
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Vāsudeva Datta desires the liberation of all kinds of living entities without discrimination and is very anxious for their good fortune.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu assures him that simply by his prayer all living entities within the universe can be liberated. He need not bear their sinful reactions.
Whoever receives Vāsudeva Datta’s compassion immediately becomes a Vaiṣṇava. Kṛṣṇa delivers all Vaiṣṇavas from the reactions of their past sinful activities.
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The purport of CC Madhya 15.169 quotesBG 18.66
Kṛṣṇa also promises this in the Bhagavad-gītā (18.66):
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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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “delivers”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Does my concern for others extend beyond those I naturally favor?
Include someone you usually overlook in a prayer for spiritual good fortune.
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