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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.51
রাঢ়ী এক বিপ্র, তেঁহো — নিত্যানন্দ দাস ।
মহা-ভাগ্যবান্ তেঁহো, নাম — কৃষ্ণদাস ॥ ৫১ ॥
rāḍhī eka vipra, teṅho — nityānanda dāsa
mahā-bhāgyavān teṅho, nāma — kṛṣṇadāsa
A brāhmaṇa named Kṛṣṇadāsa, who was a resident of Rāḍha-deśa and a servant of Lord Nityānanda’s, was a very fortunate person.
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Kṛṣṇadāsa was a brāhmaṇa who lived in Rāḍha-deśa.
He was a servant of Lord Nityānanda.
The translation describes this servant of Lord Nityānanda as a very fortunate person.
Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 16 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:
Caitanya Mahāprabhu forbade Nityānanda to visit Nīlācala every year. Questioned by the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma, Caitanya Mahāprabhu again repeated the symptoms of a Vaiṣṇava.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rāḍha-deśa”
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: “servant”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I see opportunities to serve as good fortune?
Today, do one small act of service with gratitude for the opportunity.
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