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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.31
প্রভু জল-কৃত্য করে, আগে হস্তী আইলা ।
‘কৃষ্ণ কহ’ বলি’ প্রভু জল ফেলি’ মারিলা ॥ ৩১ ॥
prabhu jala-kṛtya kare, āge hastī āilā
‘kṛṣṇa kaha’ bali’ prabhu jala pheli’ mārilā
While the Lord was bathing and murmuring the Gāyatrī mantra, the elephants came before Him. The Lord immediately splashed some water on the elephants and asked them to chant the name of Kṛṣṇa.
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While bathing and murmuring the Gāyatrī mantra, the Lord splashed water on the elephants and asked them to chant Kṛṣṇa’s name.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was the Supreme Personality of Godhead playing the part of a very great, advanced devotee.
On the mahā-bhāgavata platform, the devotee makes no distinction between friends and enemies. He sees everyone as a servant of Kṛṣṇa.
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 17.31 quotesBG 5.18
As stated in the Bhagavad-gītā (5.18):
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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:
North of Kaṭaka, He penetrated a dense forest and came upon many tigers and elephants, whom He engaged in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. Whenever the Lord had a chance to visit a village, Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya would beg alms and acquire some rice and vegetables.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.
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chant”
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.
How might seeing others as servants of Kṛṣṇa change your attitude toward someone you find difficult?
Bring one person you find difficult to mind and reflect that this person, too, is a servant of Kṛṣṇa.
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