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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.172
কিন্তু তোমার প্রেম দেখি’ মনে অনুমানি ।
মাধবেন্দ্র-পুরীর ‘সম্বন্ধ’ ধর — জানি ॥ ১৭২ ॥
kintu tomāra prema dekhi’ mane anumāni
mādhavendra-purīra ‘sambandha’ dhara — jāni
“Upon seeing Your ecstatic love, I can just imagine that You must have some relationship with Mādhavendra Purī. This is my understanding.
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The brāhmaṇa observed the Lord’s ecstatic love.
From this love, he inferred a relationship with Mādhavendra Purī.
He presented this as his understanding, saying, “I can just imagine.”
Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.
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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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “ecstatic love”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “relationship”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What connection did the brāhmaṇa recognize through the Lord’s ecstatic love?
Reread the translation and identify what the brāhmaṇa saw and what he understood from it.
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