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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.146
এত বলি’ সেই বিপ্রে আত্মসাথ করি’ ।
প্রাতে উঠি’ মথুরা চলিলা গৌরহরি ॥ ১৪৬ ॥
eta bali’ sei vipre ātmasātha kari’
prāte uṭhi mathurā calilā gaurahari
After saying this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted that brāhmaṇa as His devotee. The next morning, rising very early, the Lord started for Mathurā.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
After speaking, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted the brāhmaṇa as His devotee.
The next morning, the Lord rose very early.
He then started for Mathurā.
Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.
The mood of Madhya 17 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 next passed through Prayāga and Mathurā and then took His lunch at the home of a Sānoḍiyā brāhmaṇa, a disciple of Mādhavendra Purī. He bestowed His blessings upon the brāhmaṇa by accepting lunch at his place.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does being accepted as the Lord’s devotee mean to me?
Pause today to reflect on the words “accepted that brāhmaṇa as His devotee.”
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