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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.108
দেখি’ বল্লভ-ভট্ট মনে চমৎকার হৈল ।
দুই পুত্র আনি’ প্রভুর চরণে পাড়িল ॥ ১০৮ ॥
dekhi’ vallabha-bhaṭṭa mane camatkāra haila
dui putra āni’ prabhura caraṇe pāḍila
Vallabha Bhaṭṭācārya was struck with wonder to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghupati Upādhyāya dance. He even brought forward his two sons and made them fall down at the Lord’s lotus feet.
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Vallabha Bhaṭṭācārya was struck with wonder on seeing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghupati Upādhyāya dance.
He brought forward his two sons and made them fall down at the Lord’s lotus feet.
The purport names the sons as Gopīnātha and Viṭhṭhaleśvara. It also notes that Viṭhṭhaleśvara was not yet born when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited Prayāga in A.D. 1512 or 1513.
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 19.108 quotesCC Madhya 18.47
In this regard, one should see Madhya-līlā 18.47.
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Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.
The mood of Madhya 19 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:
After this, a brāhmaṇa scholar named Raghupati Upādhyāya arrived and discussed Kṛṣṇa consciousness with the Lord. Kavirāja Gosvāmī then extensively describes the living condition of Śrī Rūpa and Sanātana at Vṛndāvana.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lotus feet”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “gopīnātha”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I express reverence for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu today?
Offer a respectful bow to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, remembering His lotus feet.
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