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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.274
সহজে নির্মল এই ‘ব্রাহ্মণ’-হৃদয় ।
কৃষ্ণের বসিতে এই যোগ্যস্থান হয় ॥ ২৭৪ ॥
sahaje nirmala ei ‘brāhmaṇa’-hṛdaya
kṛṣṇera vasite ei yogya-sthāna haya
“The heart of a brāhmaṇa is by nature very clean; therefore it is a proper place for Kṛṣṇa to sit.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord describes the heart of a brāhmaṇa as naturally very clean.
Such a clean heart is a proper place for Kṛṣṇa to sit.
The Lord connects the heart’s purity with its fitness to receive Kṛṣṇa.
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:
Considering the humble prayer of Vāsudeva Datta, He established that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is qualified to deliver all the conditioned souls. Thereafter, when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was accepting prasādam at the house of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, Sārvabhauma’s son-in-law, Amogha, created trouble in the family with his criticisms.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 15
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does seeing the heart as a place for Kṛṣṇa affect what I wish to hold within it?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on your heart as a place for Kṛṣṇa.
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