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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.41
আচার্যেরে আজ্ঞা দিল করিয়া সম্মান ।
‘আ-চণ্ডাল আদি কৃষ্ণভক্তি দিও দান’ ॥ ৪১ ॥
ācāryere ājñā dila kariyā sammāna
‘ā-caṇḍāla ādi kṛṣṇa-bhakti dio dāna’
With great respect, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested Advaita Ācārya, “Give Kṛṣṇa consciousness, devotion to Kṛṣṇa, even to the lowest of men [caṇḍālas].”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
With great respect, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Advaita Ācārya to give devotion to Kṛṣṇa even to caṇḍālas.
This order is for all His devotees. Kṛṣṇa-bhakti, devotion to Kṛṣṇa, is open to everyone.
Devotees should follow this order in the disciplic succession stemming from Śrī Advaita and Nityānanda Prabhu. Kṛṣṇa consciousness should be distributed throughout the world without discrimination.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, in return, worshiped Advaita Ācārya with the flowers and tulasī that remained on the offered plate and said a mantra, yo ’si so ’si namo ’stu te (“Whatever You are, You are — but I offer My respects unto You”). Then Advaita Ācārya Prabhu invited Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for prasādam.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.
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “distributed”, “to everyone”
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: “lowest”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I regard anyone as unworthy of receiving devotion to Kṛṣṇa?
Share one encouraging thought about devotion to Kṛṣṇa with someone, without judging their background.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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