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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.131
একদিন ‘দশ’ ‘বিশ’ আইসে নিমন্ত্রণ ।
ভট্টাচার্য একের মাত্র করেন গ্রহণ ॥ ১৩১ ॥
eka-dina ‘daśa’ ‘biśa’ āise nimantraṇa
bhaṭṭācārya ekera mātra karena grahaṇa
In one day, ten to twenty invitations were received, but Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya would accept only one of them.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Ten to twenty invitations were received in a single day.
Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya was responsible for accepting an invitation.
Although many invitations arrived, he would accept only one.
Overwhelmed recognition. Seeing the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes evokes extraordinary remembrance and ecstasy.
The mood of Madhya 18 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:
Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya decided to take Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Prayāga after visiting the holy place known as Soro-kṣetra. While stopping near a village on the way to Prayāga, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fainted in ecstatic love.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How do I respond when not every invitation can be accepted?
When considering invitations today, pause to decide which one you can realistically accept.
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