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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.167
কৃপা করি’ তেঁহো মোর নিলয়ে আইলা ।
মোরে শিষ্য করি’ মোর হাতে ‘ভিক্ষা’ কৈলা ॥ ১৬৭ ॥
kṛpā kari’ teṅho mora nilaye āilā
more śiṣya kari’ mora hāte ‘bhikṣā’ kailā
“While at Mathurā, Śrīpāda Mādhavendra Purī visited my house and accepted me as a disciple. He even took lunch at my home.
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While at Mathurā, Śrīpāda Mādhavendra Purī visited the brāhmaṇa’s house.
He accepted the brāhmaṇa as his disciple.
He even took lunch at the brāhmaṇa’s home.
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 feelings do the words “He even took lunch at my home” convey to you?
Pause over the three things the brāhmaṇa recalls: the visit, acceptance as a disciple, and the shared meal.
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