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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.42
নিত্যানন্দে আজ্ঞা দিল, — ‘যাহ গৌড়দেশে ।
অনর্গল প্রেমভক্তি করিহ প্রকাশে ॥ ৪২ ॥
nityānande ājñā dila, — ‘yāha gauḍa-deśe
anargala prema-bhakti kariha prakāśe
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ordered Nityānanda Prabhu, “Go to Bengal and, without restriction, manifest devotional service to the Lord, Kṛṣṇa consciousness.”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ordered Nityānanda Prabhu to go to Bengal.
He asked Nityānanda Prabhu to manifest devotional service to the Lord, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, without restriction.
The purport explains that this order was to deliver all the Bengalis to devotional service.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Madhya 15.42 quotesBG 9.32
In the Bhagavad-gītā (9.32) the Lord says:
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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:
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sent Nityānanda Prabhu to Bengal for preaching and also sent Rāmadāsa, Gadādhara dāsa and several other devotees with Him. Then Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, with great humility, sent some Jagannātha prasādam and a cloth from Lord Jagannātha to His mother through Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 15
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “deliver”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I make an invitation to devotional service more welcoming?
Offer someone a warm invitation to join you in a devotional activity.
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