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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.109
প্রভু দেখিবারে গ্রামের সব-লোক আইল ।
প্রভু-দরশনে সবে ‘কৃষ্ণভক্ত’ হইল ॥ ১০৯ ॥
prabhu dekhibāre grāmera saba-loka āila
prabhu-daraśane sabe ‘kṛṣṇa-bhakta’ ha-ila
Upon hearing that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had arrived, all the villagers went to see Him. Simply by seeing Him, they all became devotees of Kṛṣṇa.
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The villagers heard that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had arrived.
All the villagers went to see Him.
Simply by seeing Him, they all became devotees of Kṛṣṇa.
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:
The Nawab then went off to attack Orissa. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu started for Vṛndāvana through the forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa, Rūpa Gosvāmī left home and sent news to Sanātana that he was leaving with his younger brother (Anupama Mallika) to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the villagers’ transformation show me about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s influence?
Pause over the words “they all became devotees of Kṛṣṇa” and reflect on this result of seeing the Lord.
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